We'd have guest choirs, Indian dancers, saxophonists who'd run through the audience.
In December of 2010, Hollywood star Anne Hathaway visited PS 22 as a surprise guest during the choir's Annual Winter Concert and announced to the choir that they were not only invited, but that they would be singing at the Academy Awards.
On five sold-out nights, the songs from "Demon Days" were performed at the Manchester Opera House in England, by a cast of more than eighty: a rock band, a string section, guest stars, two choirs — one composed of twenty-five local children — and Albarn, who sat far upstage, behind the bassist and the guitarist, playing the piano and singing.
Works by Bach, Durufle and Widor will be performed on Friday at 7 p.m. by the festival choir and guest organists Frederick Hohman and Paul Fejko, competition judges.
Under Mr. Guest's direction, the choir of St . Johns made about 60 recordings, toured Australia, Brazil, Japan and North America, and performed frequently on the radio.
The religious show featured revival preaching mixed with lively musical numbers, including folksy guitar music and songs performed by Humbard, a choir, and guest performers such as Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.
On her 1978 Christmas TV special, Dolly Parton performed the song as part of a spiritual medley, with guest Cher and a choir, with only "hallelujah" being chanted.
They will feature not only Novus and the Trinity Choir but also guest appearances by the recently formed chamber collective Decoda and by the ancient Choir of Merton College, Oxford.
Jackman will be joined on stage by 150 musicians, including a 35-piece orchestra, guest singers, dancers and a choir, he said, adding that he will not simply be singing in the show.
March 2012 sees international diva Lesley Garrett as the Choir's special guest.
