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[Bertha Venation]

28. three, related

1993-2000 I sang with the South Coast Chorale.* Those years were among the best in my life, and I'm only just learning to enjoy the memories, instead of pining for those days to return.

I loved almost every show we did, but two stand out: "A Growing Up Story" and "OUT!"

I've just realized that there's really no way I can describe these shows to you that would make any sense. Although I can tell you that "OUT!" was a commissioned work; all of the songs were taken from the singers' own coming out stories.

Besides the life I've made with Mrs. V., those years were the best times in my life.

Oh yeah, another was when we did a cabaret and I sang, with friends Connie and Jill, "Regretting What I Said," by Christine Lavin. I LOVE getting laughs!

* If you go to their website, you'll find no trace of what the group was like back then. They're a show choir now.