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.

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