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[Lifetime Membership Award]

Description: Plaque that has a black background with gold lettering, mounted on wood. An image of a staff with a treble clef and music notes is at the top. Text below says "This Lifetime Membership is presented to John Thomas in appreciation and recognition of outstanding service to the Turtle Creek Chorale since the first season in 1980."
Date: [1995..1998]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lifetime Membership Award]

Description: Plaque that has a black background with gold lettering, mounted on wood. An image of a staff with a treble clef and music notes is at the top. Text below says "This Lifetime Membership is presented to John Thomas in appreciation and recognition of outstanding service to the Turtle Creek Chorale since the first season in 1980."
Date: [1995..1998]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lifetime Membership Award]

Description: Plaque that has a black background with gold lettering, mounted on wood. An image of a staff with a treble clef and music notes is at the top. Text below says "This Lifetime Membership is presented to John Thomas in appreciation and recognition of outstanding service to the Turtle Creek Chorale since the first season in 1980."
Date: [1995..1998]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Paul J. Williams aka Sister Helen Holy, Outrageous Oral: Four Dallas Icons]

Description: A recording of Paul J. Williams in character as Sister Helen Holy speaking at the "Four Dallas Icons" edition of Outrageous Oral held on May 21, 2015 in the Rose Room at S4 in Dallas. Williams shares the story of how he created the character of Sister Helen Holy, inspired by Dana Carvey's "Church Lady" character on Saturday Night Live. Williams walks out into the audience and interacts with audience members. Robert James Jeffress, Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, is the target of … more
Date: May 21, 2015
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oliver Blumer, Outrageous Oral]

Description: Video of Oliver Blumer, a chiropractor, certified acupuncturist, and functional and integrative medicine provider, speaking at Outrageous Oral. During his session Blumer speaks about his experiences in the Women's Chorus of Dallas, his transition from female to male, and his later advocacy and work for those in the LGBT+ community and the Transgender Education Network of Texas. Blumer was raised in Amarillo, moved to Philadelphia, and returned to Dallas, Texas in the '90s with his partner.
Date: October 15, 2015
Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Turtle Creek Chorale Holiday Concert]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way) collection, an American men's chorus based in Dallas, Texas. The video was taken during the Turtle Creek Chorale's holiday concert where the men's chorus and other performers are putting on a show. The first part of the holiday performance ends at the 55 minute mark.
Date: December 19, 1995
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 55 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Turtle Creek Chorale Season Ten Concert]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Video footage of one of the chorale's tenth season concerts. The chorale is dressed in colorful choral robes on the stage with a background like church. Members of the Mahogany Dance Theatre and the New Arts Six perform with the chorale.
Date: 1990
Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Arwood, Judith
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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United We Sing

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's "United We Sing" concert. The concert opens with a three percussionists on stage playing the drums, while others dressed in traditional African clothing walk on stage and start chanting and dancing. More groups of people enter the stage and begin singing traditional African songs. Later, the chorale enters the stage to the beat of drums dressed in their black tie apparel but with colorfully dyed cl… more
Date: March 14, 1994
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 22 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Open Door Concert

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's concert at the University Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. The benefit concert is to help fund for the restoration of the church's front doors. The Women's Chorus of Dallas performs first, then the Turtle Creek Chorale, then the chorale and women's chorus together, and finally The Capital City Men's Chorus perform.
Date: June 7, 1998
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes
Creator: Digital Arts Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Channel 5 Texas News Coverage]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of a news segment including various stories about current events, crimes, sports, and the weather. Footage also includes advertisements for various products and companies. Starting at 10:35, the news anchors discuss the Turtle Creek Chorale's upcoming events and concerts.
Date: February 19, 1995
Duration: 17 minutes 11 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Emmy!

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's fall concert of 1997. The chorale's performance is accompanied by a small orchestra. In the second half of the concert, the chorale is joined by the Women's Chorus of Dallas.
Date: October 12, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Digital Arts Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[From the Heart]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's "From the Heart" Concert. The footage includes video of the chorale but also the sign interpreter, Don Jones, in the bottom left corner of the video.
Date: 1990
Duration: 52 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Atwood, Judith
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[1999 Turtle Creek Chorale Holiday Concert]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's 1999 holiday concert. The first half of the concert begins with members of the chorale walking out onto the stage dressed as various children's toys and games. Buffy Forte, a drag queen, makes an appearance and reads excerpts from "The Night Before Christmas" book. During the second half, the chorale is dressed it their formal tuxedos and perform various Christmas songs, hymns, and carols while acc… more
Date: December 1999
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 56 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Turtle Creek Chorale and the Seattle Men's Chorus Performance: Both Choirs]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way) collection, an American men's chorus based in Dallas, Texas. Grainy video footage of the Seattle Men's Chorus and the Turtle Creek Chorale performing in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
Date: March 15, 1990
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 50 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A New Dimension: Paradise Found! Spring Concert 2000

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's Spring concert at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas. The concert begins with part of the chorale on stage and another part standing among the audience before they walk out on stage. During the second half, at 58:19, the chorale takes on tropical, beach, and Hawaiian themes and are dressed in Hawaiian shirts and khaki shorts and pants.
Date: April 5, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Digital Arts Group
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Sing for The Cure: Presentations]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the presentations for the Sing For the Cure concert, benefitting the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer. The first speaker is Dr. Timothy Seelig talking about his role in the creation for the event, then Dr. Maya Angelou discusses her journey, then Linda Kay Peterson discusses the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Footage then cuts to individual interviews of Peterson, Seelig, and Pamela Martin, the librettist… more
Date: June 2000
Duration: 42 minutes 29 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Celebration of Sondheim!

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's twenty-first (21st) birthday concert, "A Celebration of Sondheim!", where they perform alongside the Women's Chorus of Dallas. The concert consists of songs written by Stephen Sondheim, a famous Broadway composer and lyricist.
Date: February 21, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 09 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Silver Celebration

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's 25th anniversary television special holiday concert. The concert is being filmed by WFAA-TV and is sponsored by Verizon. Before and between segments of the concert are commercials. The chorale plays their own instruments, such as drums, bells, and boomwhackers as accompaniment to various songs, but are otherwise accompanied by string and wind instruments and piano.
Date: December 2004
Duration: 30 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: WFAA-TV Channel 8
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Turtle Creek Chorale Christmas promotional Channel 4 Fox & Silver Celebration WFAA-TV Channel 8]

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). The first clip is of the chorale's Christmas performance on Fox Channel 4 and announcement of their upcoming Christmas concert performances. The second part shows their "Silver Celebration" concert on television.
Date: November 2004
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Fox News Channel 4
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Brothers in Song

Description: Video footage from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way). Footage of the chorale's "Brothers in Song" concert at the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. The footage starts with video of the concert's program before cutting to the beginning of the concert introduced by the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus's Artistic Director, Leslie Blackwell. The chorale opens the concert alongside the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus for the first song but leave them to perform on their own fo… more
Date: January 25, 2003
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 48 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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