1. The net proceeds of this concert will be provided to the CCAR Scholarship Foundation to fund a
perpetual scholarship in the name of Nate Ellis. When the perpetual scholarship is fully funded, the
Scholarship will award a recipient annual with funds to assist with their college education. This
Perpetual Scholarship will be presented, typically, by a member of Nate’s family to the recipient at the
foundation’s annual scholarship award luncheon.
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CCAR Helping Hands Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide financial assistance to CCAR Members, their immediate families, and to
members of the communities that CCAR serves due to prolonged illness, accident or other catastrophic
occurrences and to contribute to our communities.
Welcome Tammy Cryer and Ashley Provost, Co-chairs, CCAR Helping Hands
Live Auction Guidelines Glenna Nickerson and Dean Langston
Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers
Steven J. Meyer, Artistic Director
Connie Torrey, Accompanist
Jonathan Napier-Morales, Assistant Director and Voice Coach
Sure the Lord Is in This Place Herbert Colvin, bell parts by Mary Kay Parrish
Sing Away Sadness Neil Harmon
Saint Patrick’s Breastplate Traditional, descant by Connie Torrey
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
El Capitan March John Philip Souza
Joy in the Morning Natalie Sleeth
God Bless America Irving Berlin
RINGMASTERS CHOIR
Ned Burnam
TJ Canterberry
John Francis Carbonell
Joey Carini
Julius Del Rosario
Eugenio Frew
JD Hernandez
Jacob Lee
Kevin Lopez
Falakiko Mausia
Christopher Nolan
Forrest Nolan
Francis Rosas
Fatafehi Tuitavake
Luca Caniglia
Ian Carlos
Andreas Cornett
Isaiah Cornett
Marcello Frew
Immanuel Lewis
Petros Lewis
Willem Salaver van Asten
Mark Smith
Frank Wercinski
Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers at St. John of Lateran Basilica, Rome, Italy (12/29/15)
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Devil Mountain Chorus
www.devilmountainchorus.org
Kristen Taylor, Music Director
It's Only a Paper Moon arr. by Clay Hine
Who Put the Bomp arr. by Aaron Dale
Only You arr. by Jimbob Kahike
Come Fly With Me arr. by Kevin Keller
Over the Rainbow arr. by Ed Waesche
Dream a Little Dream arr. by Tom Gentry
When I Lift Up My Head arr. by David Wright
The Devil Mountain Men’s Barbershop Chorus is dedicated to singing well and having fun! In addition
to performing at a variety of public and private events throughout the year, we have developed an active
Youth in Harmony program, bringing barbershop harmony to local high schools, working with music
educators, and supporting school music programs. The chorus rehearses at 7:30pm every Tuesday at
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2317 Buena Vista Ave in Walnut Creek. Men who can sing in tune with a
pleasant sound are welcome to join us! Like us on Facebook to keep up to date with our activities.
TENORS
Mark Bales
John Moreno
Corrie Oranje
BARITONES
Mike Cating
Dave DeMars
Bob Dunn
Steve Huskins
Reed Peterson
LEADS
Jim Diggins
Bob Horwitz
Mark Litwiller
Jon Kubokawa
Frank Lucas
Pete Miller
Jim Stenson
Larry Wakeman
BASSES
Tom Aumock
Brad Dewey
Dave Ely
Mike Hanika
Ken Hitch
David Korts
Dwight Lang
Dan Leahy
Don Nelson
Larry Paulson
Dan Stark
Staff Veltema
Leandra Ramm, Mezzo-Soprano
Daniel Alley, Accompanist
I Could Have Danced All Night Lerner and Loewe
No Other Love Rodgers and Hammerstein
I’m Not At All in Love Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Leandra Ramm, mezzo-soprano, has performed in numerous
opera, theater, and concert venues and as a lead vocalist with
Celebrity Cruises; her performances have been described as
“beautiful and quite moving” (Nordstjernan Newspaper).
Leandra is currently a professional member of the San
Francisco Symphony Chorus, and also sings with American
Bach Soloists, Cappella SF, San Francisco Renaissance
Voices, and Opera San Jose. After training at the Manhattan
School of Music, she completed apprenticeship programs with
Arizona Opera, Toledo Opera, Opera Carolina, Des Moines
Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera and New Jersey Opera.
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Described by CNN’s Anderson Cooper as a mezzo-soprano with an "extraordinary voice", Leandra has
performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, La MaMa, New York International
Fringe Festival, and 59E59 Theaters among other venues. Her favorite roles include: A for Adultery
(Hester Prynne) at The Little Times Square Theater, The Full Monty (Estelle) at The Media Theatre,
Iolanthe (Leila) at The Buxton Opera House (UK), Mario and The Magician (Silvestra) with Center for
Contemporary Opera (also on the CD of the work under Albany Records Label), Hell's Kitchen the
Musical (Annie) at Hudson Guild Theatre, Man of la Mancha (Antonia) with Diablo Theater Company,
and The Endless Road by Kurt Weill (soloist) with The American Symphony Orchestra. Leandra is
especially proud that she produced and performed her solo show "One Night With You" to a sold out
crowd off-Broadway at Theatre Row as part of the United Solo Theatre Festival in NYC. In addition to
her stage work, Leandra has released many albums, all available on iTunes, Amazon.com, and
CDBaby.com. For more information, please visit www.LeandraRamm.com.
INTERMISSION
Video Montage of Nate at Pinole Valley High School Ray Duval, Class of 1994
Pinole Valley High School Show Choir
Mark Flanagan, Director
Anjee Norgaard-Gallia, Choreographer
Spring Medley
The Good
Rise Up
Happy Ever After
Don't Stop Believin’
Show choir has been around for at least 20 years at PVHS. When it first started they were known as
PVHS Chamber Singers then it morphed into PVHS Show Choir. It's had 4 directors. The choir
performs in and around Pinole, Richmond, El Sobrante and has an annual performing arts trip to
Disneyland.
Mark Flanagan is a graduate of San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a BM in performance and
MM in music education with an emphasis in Kodaly from Holy Names College. Mark has been teaching
vocal music for over 20 years. Anjee Norgaard-Gallia has been the choreographer for PVHS for 20
years.
Gerone Alcantara
Chris Camingue
Emely Cortez
Allison Demshok
Kyler Deng
Faustina Dolan
Kelly Doungdara
Alyssa Dumlao
Jada Johnson
Andrew Law
Lorra Miles Santos
Dominick Ojeda
Jay Oller
Q.J. Pastor
Charlemagne Reyes
Lillian Saavedra
Marvin Skaggs
Regina Soratorio
Chatlada Srivarom
Grace Stott
Alejandra Suchite
Lauren Thompson
Alondra Topete
Josh Tuana
Paola Usi
Sadara Welch
Sara Zhou
Evan Williams
Victoria Zaragoza
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Encore Vocalists
www.encorevocalists.org
Dean Christman, Music Director
Encore Vocalists is realizing a vision for
innovative and fresh singing in becoming the
Greater San Francisco Bay Area's premier a
cappella ensemble with performances in 23
cities over 9 counties. We deliver beautiful
harmonies and entertaining vocalists to
weddings, special events, private parties and
community celebrations, as well as classical
concerts. Encore Vocalists has collaborated
with the City of San Ramon Messiah Sing-a-
long, Menlo Park Chorus and Golden Gate
Boys Choir Vivaldi's Gloria, St. Ignatius
Church Liturgy of Mozart's Requiem and
Pacific Chamber Symphony’s Handel's Four
Coronation Anthems.
You Are the New Day (with Golden Gate Boys Choir) John David, arr. by Peter Knight
Here Comes the Sun George Harrison, arr. by Kirby Shaw
In My Life, solo Katie Waxman Lennon and McCartney, arr. by Steve Zegree
Embraceable You George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, arr. by Kirby Shaw
Fly Me To the Moon Bart Howard, arr. by Kirby Shaw
Stand By Me, solo Katie Waxman Ben E. King, arr. by Deke Sharon
Happy Together Gary Bonner & Alan Gordon, arr. by Krista Carlson, David Wright and Tim Salaver
Susan Bernstein
Lauren Cartwright
Dean Christman
Laura Fischer
Julie Lorentzen
Arleen Salaver
Tim Salaver
Scott Schrader
Dwight Stone
Katie Waxman
Business Casual
Business Casual is a 6-person a cappella band based out of Palo Alto, CA. Using only their voices, this
young vocal group puts a fresh spin on vintage chart toppers and today’s hits. Winners of the 2015 SF
regional Harmony Sweepstakes a cappella competition, Business Casual has performed at weddings,
corporate events, and live public shows throughout the Bay Area since 2012. For more info, you can
find them on Facebook or at www.bcvocals.com.
La Vie en Rose Orig. Édith Piaf, arr. by Cassie Greene and Jacob Chamoun
How Will I Know Orig. Whitney Houston, arr. by Pentatonix
No Diggity Orig. Blackstreet (Minimatic Remix), arr. by Cassie Greene and Jacob Chamoun
Shining Star Orig. Earth, Wind & Fire, arr. by Bakari Holmes
When I Fall in Love Orig. Edward Heyman and Victor Young, arr. Kirby Shaw
Tove Lo Medley Orig. Tove Lo, arr. Cassie Greene and Jacob Chamoun
Emily Ross, Soprano
Cassie Greene, Soprano
Roshun Alur, Tenor
Ryan Cook, Baritone
Jacob Chamoun, Bass
Michael Wang, Vocal Percussion
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Finalé
The real estate community lost a beloved advocate, educator and friend.
Nate, the Local Education Directors Chair at the National Association of
Realtors (NAR), died April 12, 2016, as a result of complications from
P.O.E.M.S. Syndrome. He was 39 years old. A former loan officer and
mortgage specialist, Nate found his calling when he began working as a
Realtor and joined the Contra Costa Association of Realtors (CCAR) as the
chair of the association’s social media communications committee in 2007.
As a Keller Williams agent (Nate joined the franchise in 2008 and was a
KW agent through February 2011), Ellis first adopted the title “technology
coach.” He found a niche that would lead him to helping so many others in
the real estate industry. In 2011, Ellis became CCAR’s director of education
and training. His duties there included training users on new technical tools,
assessing training effectiveness, developing relationships and setting
goals. He became the Local Education Directors Chair at NAR in January 2015. Nate had a gift for
teaching, training and helping others. He used that gift to uplift his colleagues in the real estate industry,
giving them tools to be better at their jobs and thus better serve the world. (Bio by Inman Connect)
My Son, Nate Lori Ellis
Blackbird John Lennon & McCartney, arr. by Deke Sharon and Tim Salaver
(This arrangement dedicated to Nate Ellis)
PVHS Show Choir, Encore Vocalists and Business Casual
Seasons of Love Jonathan Larson, arr. by Roger Emerson
Leandra Ramm, Lauren Cartwright, Business Casual, Encore Vocalists, PVHS Show Choir and Daniel Alley
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Heartfelt thanks to the following for the dedication and contributions to our event and to Nate Ellis
CCAR Helping Hands Committee and Chairs Tammy Cryer and Ashley Provost
CCAR and the CCAR Board of Directors for their support
CEO Sheiren Diaz and President Ron Mintz
Producer – Tim Salaver, Superior Productions and Events, tsalaver@gmail.com. Thank you to all of
our performers for giving their voices and talent. Nate would have loved the show.
Raffle and Auction Directors – Glenna Nickerson and Dean Langston
Tickets and Admissions – Bruce Adams, Steve Clark, Rod Harris, Chris Black, Chris Roberts, Kathy
Powers, Adina Erridge, Wayne Perry, Tammy Cryer, Ashley Provost, Susan Perry, Marie Kennon and
Roxanne Adams.
Nate Ellis Video Montage Pre-concert – Renee Laput-Mendoza
Nate Ellis Video Montage PVHS – Ray Duval
To all of the contributors to our Live Auction, thank you for supporting our Scholarship.
