More Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Cherry Capital Men's Chorus Hits 60 Years
By Art Bukowski | Aug. 23, 2026
It’s the “third place” that does it for Chad Lindsey.
Lindsey, executive director of the City Opera House, is a proud member of the Cherry Capital Men’s Chorus. The group, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, gathers once a week to rehearse and performs throughout the year at various events.
Sure, singing is fun (especially in the roaming barbershop quartets the group is well known for). But Lindsey is perhaps most appreciative of the deep camaraderie he develops with his fellow singers in a society that seems to place less and less emphasis on meaningful, in-person connections.
“We used to be full of third places. Everybody had home and …
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