New Dimension Chorus

The American Red Cross reports that every two seconds, someone needs blood, and that one out of every 10 people admitted to a hospital desperately needs blood. On Saturday, May 10, the gift of music will support of the gift of life when the Barbershop Harmony Society, in partnership with the American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers, hosts Singing For Life blood donor recruitment events across North America and Canada. The Blood Drive in Pleasanton has been cancelled - However we encourage you to give blood at your convenience.

The New Dimension Chorus is a 30 member men’s chorus, one of 800 organized chapters in the BHS, the world’s largest all-male singing organization. Meeting every week in Hayward, California, the chorus represents the Fremont-Hayward Chapter, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which was chartered in 1996 as the Fremont-Milpitas Chapter in the east San Francisco Bay Area. The chapter filled a vacuum in the a cappella community of southern Alameda County.

In 2003, the chapter organized In Harmony for Asia (IHFA) which raised over $13,000 for the tsunami victims in south eastern Asia, and is currently still active in community service, including raising money for the American Cancer Society.

The New Dimension Chorus was ranked both the Plateau A Champions and Most Improved Chorus at division contest in Spring 2006, and was invited to perform at the Fall District contest, where the chorus was ranked 21st in the 89 chapter Far Western District, including California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, and a portion of Utah.

At Spring Convention in 2007 at Woodside High School, the New Dimension Chorus officially became a "B-Level Chorus," acheiving a combined score of 62.0, and earning a spot at the Far Western District Fall Convention in Phoenix, Arizona September 28-30, 2007. The New Dimension Chorus remains the Plateau A Champions in the Northern California West/Hawaii division of the Far Western District., and is currently the fourteenth ranked chorus in the Division.

The New Dimension Chorus rehearses weekly under the direction of Interim Director Demaster Survine and Assistant Directors James L Hall and Jeff Harris as part of the Chabot College Community Education program. The class has open enrollment through the year. For more information on the Community Education vocal lessons class, click the "Learn To Sing" link at the top of each page.

The coming year promises to be another blockbuster year for the New Dimension Chorus with two new chapter quartets planning for the Northern California Novice Quartet Competition in 2008. Additionally, for the first time in chapter history, a member of our chapter has been selected to the Far Western District Board of Directors. The year was also a banner year for the New Dimension Chorus’ Singing Valentines.

The New Dimension Chorus is seeking men who enjoy singing four part harmony in the a cappella style, unaccompanied by instruments. Men who sing in the shower, or "bathtub baritones" are always welcome. We are looking to form an ever-growing singing fraternity of men drawn together by their love of singing close harmony and wish to perpetuate and share that style of music throughout the community and the world. We strive to be leaders in the cause of preserving and encouraging vocal music as an enjoyable recreational activity and an essential element in one's cultural well-being.

The New Dimension Chorus remembers and pays tribute to Lloyd Steinkamp, 1927-2007.