Just in Time Choirs History & Fun Facts

Wendy Nixon Stothert’s original idea in 2005 was to start a 16 voice auditioned vocal jazz ensemble. The initial information night was so well attended that we ended up with a 60 voice Unplugged choir in addition to a 16 voice feature group later to be known as Vocal Minority.
In the Fall of 2006, the Unplugged choir and Vocal Minority were joined by an auditioned ensemble of women singers named the Jazzy Jems (now the Jems). There have been three choirs ever since.
Many people have shared their love of singing with us since Fall 2005 and several members have been with us since the beginning.
To celebrate our 10 year anniversary in the Spring of 2014 about 45 Just in Time singers and their families made a trip to Cuba to perform and take part in several local music workshops.
Since Fall 2005 we have had 38 terms (4 terms without a concert…S14, S20, F20, S21) of themed music ending in concerts well supported by our community, family and friends.
To date, we have had 498 different Unplugged singers, 92 Vocal Minority singers and 96 Jems singers!!!
We have done songs that start with every letter in the alphabet except X and Z!
JiT’s music library includes 600 songs.
To date, we’ve performed 860 songs! 280 by Unplugged, 283 by Vocal Minority, 214 by the Jems, 9 by the Men, and 70 Finale songs sung by the collective voices of all three choirs! Many terms we’ve performed these songs in two concerts; as well as at other events. A conservative estimate is over 1,250 times.
Currently, we have 80 singers. Of those 80, 30% have been with us for 10 years or more.
Time really does fly when you’re having fun!