Bentley Choirs

We have too much inventory, so here’s your chance to save on your favorite BCC albums on CD!

THE FOLLOWING CD’S ARE NOW HALF OFF, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST:

Spring 1960 BHS presents The Concert Choir  $5
1960-61 BHS presents its Concert Choir  $5
1961-62 Presenting The Concert Choir of BHS  $5
1962-63 Everything is Coming Up Roses   2 CD set $10
1963-64 Higher [...]

Well, the old man has Another Birthday coming up this week, so don’t forget to drop Dr. Smith a “Happy 76th Birthday” e-mail to jerrysmith@fpcp.net

Dr. Smith led a 75 member community choir, including several BCC alumni, as well as members of  First Pres of Plymouth Chancel Choir, along with he Ford & GM Choruses in the singing of our National Anthem at the Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Angels game on Saturday, August 7th at Comerica Park.  Although the Tigers weren’t able to pull out [...]

If you live in the metro Detroit area and are interested in singing with Doc again, he is looking for good singers to join his Chancel Choir at First Presbyterian of Plymouth!  There are several BCC alumni that are active in the First Pres Chancel Choir, and the choir often performs one of the “classics” we sang [...]

Our own Terry Godfroid-Marecki has been appointed the new Livonia City Clerk!  Terry has been VERY active as a Livonia elected official for the past several years, first as a trustee for Livonia Public Schools, and most recently, she served as Vice President of the Livonia City Council since 2005. 

See the link below for more info:

http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20100429/NEWS10/4290598/1027/rss18

For those of you that either were not able to make it in town, or would like to relive the moment, here’s Dr. Smith and 250+ choir performing BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC at Ward Church on Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 2009!  Click on the link below to view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8wxyoGmYc

Here’s the FRONT PAGE coverage of the evening of November 28th from the 12/3/09 Livonia Observer!

 http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20091203/NEWS10/91203006/Singing-praises-Bentley-homecoming-draws-more-than-800-choir-alumni-from-around-the-world

Over 100 BCC alumni gathered at First Pres in Plymouth on November 1st to rehearse the music for the upcoming Celebration Saturday on November 28th, which was also attended by folks from the Livonia Observer, who will be running another feature story on Dr. Smith and the Bentley vocal music department legacy that continues to live on [...]

We had over 60 BCC alumni join us for our first of two rehearsals in Plymouth on October 4th!!! 

In case you’re thinking about Santa Claus and humming “Do You Hear What I Hear?” while everyone else is trying to find ways to stay cool this summer, here are a few program covers from past Bentley Christmas productions….