Chords ringing and foot tapping is what you can expect when you come to the “Go for the Gusto!” concert being put on by the Oregon Coast Chorus of Sweet Adelines. This fall show is a fund raiser for helping Gusto! quartet get to the International competition in Kansas City. The concert will be on Saturday, October 12 at the Presbyterian Church in Newport. The doors open at 2:00 pm so you can browse the silent auction baskets and buy restaurant certificates from the gift tree. Tickets are $15.00 and are available by emailing tickets@oregoncoastchorus.org or by visiting the Oregon Coast Chorus Facebook page. Seating is limited so there may not be any tickets at the door.

The concert will feature Gusto! doing their competition set as well as including the Barbershop Community of Newport. The line up will feature Oregon Coast Chorus under the direction of Mary Mamer, Coastal Aires under the direction of Jim Hoover and three quartets from those chorus’s: Wind Chimes, Lifted, and What Four.

The event could not be done without the cooperation of the many restaurants who donated certificates and the following supporters:Gusto! the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce, Thompson’s Sanitary Service, CIB Construction, Steens Master Lube, Drift Inn, Adobe, Edward Jones office of Richard O’Hearn, Martek Real Estate, and 1st Security Bank.

Barbershop singing is known for its ringing chords and producing the notes without instrumental accompaniment (acapella). Both choruses being featured practice weekly on Thursday nights. The Oregon Coast Chorus meets at the American Legion and the Coastal Aires meet at the Newport Presbyterian Church. The Oregon Coast Chorus is open to women from the ages of 14 to 90. The Coastal Aires is a mixed gender chorus.