A Choral Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States

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17th Annual Summer Concert

Sunday, August 16, 2026

4:00 PM

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Heritage Presbyterian Church

6546 Mason Montgomery Road

Mason, Ohio 45040

 

Program

 

The Chorale

 

The National Anthem – Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith

High Flight – David Brunner

I Hear America Singing – Andre Thomas (with a quotation of “Walk Together, Children,” an African-American spiritual)

TV Time: America’s Classic Television Themes – Arr. Mac Huff 

The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha) – Mitch Leigh, arr. Mark Hayes

When You Wish Upon a Star – Disney’s Pinocchio - Leigh Harline/Roy Ringwald

 

The Women’s Choir

 

Shenandoah – American folk song, arr. Brad Printz

 

The Men’s Choir

 

Down in the Valley – American Folk Song, arr. George Mead

 

The Chorale

 

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor – Irving Berlin/Roy Ringwald

God Bless America – Irving Berlin/Roy Ringwald

Fifty Nifty United States – Ray Charles (Charles Raymond Offenberg)

America, the Beautiful – Samuel Ward/Mark Hayes

Battle Hymn of the Republic – William Steffe/Peter J. Wilhousky

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