The Colorado Choir’s members come from all walks of life, united in our love of choral music. This month, we would like to introduce you to the members of our 2nd Alto section.
Darlene T.
Years with the Choir: 30+
Choir Board Position: Secretary
Fun Facts about Darlene:
- Darlene spent 27 years in the airline industry.
- She’s an avid bowler.
- She’s been married 51 years.
- She has a daughter & son-in-law in Texas and a son and a daughter-in-law in Denver. She has two grandsons; Olen, 6 1/2 and Cade, 5.
- She serves on the Choir’s board as its secretary.
Dee D.
Years with the Choir: 41 years with a couple of missed years due to babies
Fun Facts about Dee:
- Dee works as an attorney in a Workers’ Compensation defense law firm and as a nurse.
- She enjoys playing tennis and the organ.
- She loves visiting her kids and grandkids and traveling.
Jocelyn D.
Years with the Choir: 2
Fun Facts about Jocelyn:
- Jocelyn lived in England for a year.
- Despite having been born and raised in CO, she has only been skiing once.
- She doesn’t like watermelon or chocolate ice cream.
Mindee F.
Years with the Choir: 6
Choir Board Position: Technology Coordinator
Fun Facts about Mindee:
- Mindee learned Spanish while living in Costa Rica for a few years with her family – her kids are now in a Spanish immersion school.
- She’s learning to play piano.
- She grew up in Boise, Idaho, but has also lived in Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Missouri, and Costa Rica and loves to travel.
- As an Assistant Director in Hollywood, she worked on numerous television shows and movies before leaving the business to start a family.
- She loves being the Choir’s webmaster and general tech person and designs and manages websites as her day job, a far cry from her TV/film days.
Penny M.
Years with the Choir: 18
Fun Facts about Penny:
- In her small HS, Penny learned multiple choir parts of all songs and was asked to sing the part that was sounding the weakest.
- She was in a few fashion shows for former conductor Casey and his wife Lorraine’s favorite dress shop in ND.
- She has 4 brothers, 3 sons, and also a male 95-pound lab.
Sherri L.
Years with the Choir: 9
Fun Facts about Sherri:
- Sherri has 5 grandchildren who are plane rides away. She wishes she could see them more often.
- She has completed 4 marathons because she wanted to understand her husband’s passion. He just completed 91.
- She works for the City of Glendale and the Glendale Chamber of Commerce. A very interesting community.
Susan B.
Years with the Choir: This is her 3rd season, but she sang with the choir 20 years ago for 5 seasons.
Fun Facts about Susan:
- Susan has 4 grandchildren ages 3 to 23.
- She played college soccer.
- She didn’t start singing until she was 25 and moved to Colorado and started taking voice lessons so she could be louder on the soccer field.
- Most of all…she loves cake!
