Two groups of singers bumped into each other on the corner of 16th St. and Wynkoop. A barbershop quartet had just sung for Dick Gephardt and a jolly band of Denver locals was singing “Goodnight Bush” (a parody of Goodnight Moon) up and down the mall. We had the good fortune of hearing each of them perform… here’s one.

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Choirs on the corner

by emilys, High Country News
August 27, 2008

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