Anyone out there a member of the vintage Berkeley Youth Chorus in days of yore (mid-1960's)? Local school kids from all over Berkeley participated in the Winter and Spring events, with singing practice held at different venues around town till the big concert. The big Christmas pageant held each year at the Berkeley Community Theater at Berkeley High featured the young singers donning bright red and green bow ties and ascending into the theater on the orchestra risers - very cool! In the spring a less formal concert was held. Miss Barbara Fritz (a Berkeley High alum) led the chorus and dear Mrs. Neighbor accompanied on the piano! Great memories... like the pretty windows at Hink's each Christmas, a shopping trip to Kress, and the still-quintessential visit(s) to Berkeley Hardware every season for new Christmas lights.
