Local Spotlight - The Middleport Community Choirs

October 2013

The Middleport Community Choirs are "a community of churches that sings from the heart." The orgainzation is made up of two choirs; the vocal choir, The Middleport Community Choir, and the hand bell choir, The Middleport Bell Tones. The MCC is a voluntary organization which is made up of approximately 45 active members from Middleport, Medina, Gasport, Lockport, Akron and Lyndonville.

Their performance repertoire consists of a variety of mediums, including sacred, secular, Broadway, and contemporary choral works.

The vocal choir is under the direction of Mr. Ric Jones and is accompanied by Mrs. Wendy Gypson and Ms. Debby Clark.

The Middleport Community Choir (MCC) was created when members of Middleport area parish choirs performed together for special church services. In early 1999, a special effort was made to form a choir that would perform in concert with the visiting St. Andrew’s Brass Ensemble from Lubbecke, Germany. The concert was presented on April 5, 1999. Following the concert, their German guests invited the vocal choir and the community handbell choir (The Middleport Bell Tones) to visit Germany in September 2001. The disastrous events of September 11th postponed the trip, but it was rescheduled for September 2002. Seeing the countryside and living with the people was wonderful and singing and ringing in churches and castles, built before America was founded, was inspiring. Since then the MCC has had the pleasure of hosting and performing with our German friends in September 2005 and 2012. The MCC also returned to Germany in September 2008.

Choir membership is open to anyone interested in singing and joining in the fellowship shared by members.

On December 13th The Middleport Community Choir and The Middleport Bell Tones will be performing the cantata I Hear the Prophet Callin': The Christmas Story from Prophecy to Fulfillment at 3:00PM at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1355 West Ave, Medina, NY 14103.

For more information, visit their website at www.middleportcommunitychoir.com