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Swan songs for powerhouse choral teachers of Glens Falls & Queensbury

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Chorus teachers Penny Schiek and Pam Granger both retire at the end of this year.

Between them, they have taught for more than 65 years, Ms. Schiek most recently for 18 years at Queensbury High School and Mrs. Granger for 23 years at Glens Falls High.

Besides regular classes in general music, chorus …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes:

Carlene Poster says she’s “proud” to be at the helm of the Glens Falls Ballet and Dance Center as it marks its 50th anniversary year this weekend with a series of three concerts at the Wood Theater in Glens Falls.

The concerts are Saturday, May 14 — at 12:30 p.m. for Junior Company members with guest performances by key Senior Company dancers ($13), and …

The swimming pool at the Glens Falls Tennis & Swim Club won’t open this summer, The Chronicle has learned.

Board members had not returned calls seeking comment Tuesday, but a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that the pool at the 51-yearold club on Sanford Street won’t open.

The club is struggling in its finances.

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By Jason Irwin, Chronicle Rock Columnist

I’ve been playing live music professionally for more than two decades, and I’ve been attending shows for much longer than that. Being a musician isn’t always as glamorous as it may seem. There are plenty of pet peeves t

hat go along with the gig, as in any job. Some just come with the territory. Some shouldn’t.

One of those, for myself anyway, is …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Sometimes stories result from chance meetings. I happened to meet Lionel Lemery and his wife Mary Ellen at the Warrensburgh Historical Museum last November at the presentation about when Marilyn Monroe came to town in 1949.

Lionel, 72, and I got to talking. One of the things he told me is that as a young man he did on-the-ground survey work laying out the path …