Lloyd Walworth, a retired high school choir teacher and founder of a community choir, died last Friday, Dec. 7, after a several-month battle with brain cancer. He was 72.
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Lloyd Walworth was only 30 years old when he decided to start a community choir in The Dalles. Four decades later, the Cascade Singers are still going strong and will celebrate with a “Forty Years of Happy Singing” concert Saturday, June 4, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 5, at 3 p.m. in the same venue as their very first show — St. Peter’s Landmark.
Musicians young and old will join the Cascade Singers for “St. Pat’s at Old St. Pete’s,” the annual St. Patrick’s Day concert at St. Peter’s Landmark Monday, March 17, starting at 7 p.m.
Cascade Children’s Choir is looking for talented young singers to help them prepare traditional songs for sharing at area assisted living facilities and performing concerts during the winter holiday season and spring programs.
Guests at the Civic Auditorium’s piano gala Saturday evening, Oct 12, will be entertained by a performance that has become something of a rarity in modern days: a classical dual piano performance.
Bright sunlight streams through the windows at The Dalles Art Center as “Big Brother” Lloyd Walworth and his “Little Brother” Alex, 12, soak in scenes from paintings by Leslie Peterson, showing family, work and relaxation from an earlier time.
Burgerville will join with the Walworth Music Foundation for a fundraiser at the restaurant Tuesday, June 4, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Singers won’t be alone when the Cascade Singers take the stage Friday and Saturday evenings with “Music from Movies and Musicals.”
Kids perform with Cascade Singers choir A new community choir for children is looking for new members to prepare for concerts on May 31 and June 1. The newly formed Cascade Children’s Choir will perform with the Cascade Singers during their next concert, titled “Music from Movies and Musical Theatre.”
Rehearsals to be held Mondays in September
