The Great Society Singers
The Great Society - founded by Everett Miller at Cloud County Community College in 1965.If you were
The Great Society gives regular performances throughout Kansas and has performed at World Expos. The group's primary concerts are the Fall Fling and Concert at Home held at the Brown Grand Theater in Concordia, KS.
09/12/2023
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07/10/2023
A tribute from our family to our father, grandfather, & great grandfather, Everett Miller; we all love you.
Everett Miller's Funeral Tribute Everett Farrell MillerApril 26, 1936 - October 5, 2023Director of The Great Society Singers1965 - 2013
06/10/2023
Obituary for Dr. Everett F. Miller at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home Dr. Everett Farrell Miller, 87, of Concordia, Kansas passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at his home. He was born on April 26, 1936, in Bison, Kansas to Milton and Rachel Beltz Miller. He graduated from Bison High School and went on to earn a bachelors degree from Fort
30/09/2023
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16/09/2023
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MILLERS ARE BROWN GRAND LEGACY BOARD MEMBERS
On Thursday, September 14, 2023, Marlene and Everett Miller became the first inductees to the Brown Grand Opera House’s new Legacy Board.
Established in 2022, the Brown Grand Board of Directors created a Legacy Board to recognize long-standing Board members for giving of their time, talents, support, and enthusiasm to further the mission of the Brown Grand – to enhance cultural life in North Central Kansas.
The individuals are acknowledged for the incredible impact they have made in our community by serving as a member of the Brown Grand Board of Directors.
Marlene and Everett Miller were the first to recommend that the Brown Grand movie theatre be fully restored to become a live performing art space in the 1970s. Everett said, “When my wife, Marlene, and I attended a movie here I looked around and said to her that this would be a wonderful performance venue.”
He spoke with Judy Doyen and Leon Genette, at the Chamber of Commerce, and with Jack Roney, owner of the Brown Grand movie theatre. After some pieces fell into place – the rest is history.
Everett was also key in adding the Brown Grand Opera House to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 – over 50 years ago. The couple has served on the Brown Grand Board of Directors for years. Everett was one of the first Board members after the Brown Grand became incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit in the 1970s.
Legacy Board members are welcome to attend all regular Brown Grand Board meetings as a non-voting member, and will be listed in event programs and on the Theatre’s website. They also receive free admission to any Brown Grand-sponsored events.
Brown Grand Board Chair, Dr. Monte Wentz says, “We wouldn’t be where we are today without Marlene and Everett’s leadership, dedication, vision, and generosity to the Theatre over the last five decades. We couldn’t think of a better way to recognize this couple than by having them be the first to join our Legacy Board. Their joy, energy, love, and passion for the arts will carry on for years to come at the Brown Grand.”
Donations to celebrate this honor and to help advance their dream for the Brown Grand can be mailed to the Brown Grand, PO Box 347, Concordia, KS 66901.
The Great Society Tribute Concert has been postponed until next May or June.
Good morning great society members! Things are progressing quite nicely still. I should have the groups all together, thanks to the assistance of Pat Veesart. I will be posting soon The groups and the times for rehearsal. Keep the 23rd of September on your calendar please, I want a good showing for Everett!! 😎. One other thing Thank you Mr Carrier, the inventor of the air conditioner, for his contribution to society 😎
From Jim Cory:
Good Afternoon Great Society!
You will soon be receiving a letter from CCCC regarding the upcoming tribute for Everett! There will be an official RSVP inside which will take you to a link to "purchase" tickets... NO we're not charging you to come! 🙂
We will be able to live cast the event over YouTube and recording
We will have one piano for any and all pianists. If you played guitar or any other instrument please bring yours. I will be posting rehearsals throughout the day. Those should be out soon.
Many thanks to Brad Bryant on assisting me with all of these situations.
Thanks to all of you!
From Jim Cory,
HEY GREAT SOCIETY!!
I am still in need of music choices for the year/s you were in. I've had a few however still missing quite a few. If you don't feel comfortable with placing them here, please I M me. I look forward to hearing back from you and seeing your smiling faces in September. It's just around the corner and will be here before you know it!
Thank you ALL! 🙂
Happy Father’s Day, Dad.
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16/06/2023
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11/06/2023
A new video added: 1977 Fall Fling
The video quality is not good and couldn't do much with it. I was able to make the audio a bit better.
Great Society Singers Fall Fling 1977 The Great Society Singers perform their annual Fall Fling Concert in the Little Theater at Cloud County Community College, with guest groups: Waconda East HS...
Finally got all years of the Great Society posted. Sorry the quality is not great but that's what I had to work with. Hope you all enjoy them.
29/05/2023
Great Society photos from the 2010's
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Great Society photos from the 2000's
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Great Society photos from the 1990's
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Great Society photos from the 1980's
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Great Society photos from the 1970's
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Great Society photos from the 1960's
27/04/2023
Good day Great Society members. There have been a couple of changes that I need to inform you of. The first is the change of location. When I initially spoke with the Brown Grand, It had not yet been spoken for. However, when I was ready to actually pull the trigger, a high school reunion class had already reserved the theater for their own use. Therefore, with a lot of help from Brad Bryant and cloud county community college, we are going to have it at the college in the gymnasium. Also the time is changing to 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. as the festivities in downtown Concordia for Fall Fest are to begin at 8:00 pm. This will allow us to maximize our time to honor Everett, and have a group meeting afterwards. Please do not let this deter your coming and honoring Everett. The date still remains the same, however there were some adjustments that had to be made. I apologize, I didn't act quick enough on the Brown Grand. That's on me! There will be communications sent out from the college for you to RSVP. And I will let you know of any thing else that's going on. I will be setting up rehearsal times for different groups during the day. We will have one large group sing-along practice for the opening piece of mighty Mississippi, and the closing of the music will never end. Thanks for understanding, I welcome any feedback!
14/07/2022
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24/04/2022
It’s Everett Miller’s 86th birthday. I got him a pair of Great Society coffee mugs.
27/02/2021
More sad news. Another member lost, Rhonda Bohm.
https://www.downingandlahey.com/obituaries/Rhondalyn-Helen-Mock?obId=20097939&fbclid=IwAR3qylYXiF9sYSWOlCgqtlArT-b32C1RRoEgsdDIhUXJW00Cf6SxUMTjjCM #/obituaryInfo
Rhondalyn Helen Mock Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information Share Memories & Support the Family.
28/09/2020
Sad news. Jim Balthazor, a member of GS in the 70s passed away.
https://hayspost.com/posts/27668c6a-8208-43f4-9117-5337684ab3cc
TMP-M family mourns death of teacher TMP-MTMP-Marian is deeply saddened by the unexpected death of Mr. Jim
26/08/2020
Very sad news. He was in the 82-84 group.