The Schuylkill Choral Society will journey through the 1970s on Sunday with a concert featuring music from the generation of peace and love.
“Aquarius” will begin at 3 p.m. at Schuylkill Haven Area High School, 501 E. Main St., Schuylkill Haven. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and students and are available from any choir member or by calling the Schuylkill Choral Society office at 570-628-3388.
“It is like a journey through the ’70s,” Mark Thomas, music director and conductor for the Schuylkill Choral Society, said Monday. “It’s really a callback to the peace and love of the ’70s.”
About 80 members of the chorus will be part of the performance and some even plan on dressing the part with wigs and bell-bottoms. They have been practicing once a week for months at United Presbyterian Church, 214 Mahantongo St., Pottsville.
The Schuylkill Choral Society performs three major concerts a year. They have already done many genres and decades, including rock music from the 1970s, but Sunday’s performance will include more relaxed songs from that era.
Thomas said he came up with the theme for the concert from seeing the relaxed culture of California first hand.
“The whole set of music goes with that lifestyle,” he said.
He said the choir, which includes teenagers to people who lived through the era, was very receptive of the song selection.
“This should be a good concert for all generations,” Thomas said. “The music is still popular today.”
In July, the Schuylkill Choral Society will take a trip to Italy and France. The group has been taking trips every few years since 1991 when they went to Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
“I thought it was an opportunity to help our group grow, not just with music but as a group,” Thomas said. “You can see the people get closer when we came back and the sound gets tighter. They also get to experience other cultures and we get to share ours.”
For more information about the Schuylkill Choral Society, visit www.schchoral.org.