<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<itemContainer xmlns="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5 http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5/omeka-xml-5-0.xsd" uri="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/browse?tags=Colors+of+My+Life&amp;sort_field=added&amp;sort_dir=a&amp;output=omeka-xml" accessDate="2026-06-07T08:38:58+00:00">
  <miscellaneousContainer>
    <pagination>
      <pageNumber>1</pageNumber>
      <perPage>100</perPage>
      <totalResults>1</totalResults>
    </pagination>
  </miscellaneousContainer>
  <item itemId="10955" public="1" featured="1">
    <fileContainer>
      <file fileId="10496">
        <src>https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/e9ead7b3f945d206ede85853232b4b19.pdf</src>
        <authentication>7b52a4a3d8d261bacc7c399aecc25fa5</authentication>
      </file>
    </fileContainer>
    <collection collectionId="206">
      <elementSetContainer>
        <elementSet elementSetId="1">
          <name>Dublin Core</name>
          <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
          <elementContainer>
            <element elementId="50">
              <name>Title</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="630241">
                  <text>Orlando Gay Chorus Collection</text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
            <element elementId="86">
              <name>Alternative Title</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="630242">
                  <text>Gay Chorus Collection</text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
            <element elementId="104">
              <name>Is Part Of</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="658374">
                  <text>Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, RICHES Program</text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
            <element elementId="51">
              <name>Type</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="658375">
                  <text>Collection</text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
            <element elementId="134">
              <name>Digital Collection</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="658376">
                  <text>&lt;div class="element-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/"&gt;RICHES MI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="element-text"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
            <element elementId="49">
              <name>Subject</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="658806">
                  <text>Orlando (Fla.)</text>
                </elementText>
                <elementText elementTextId="658808">
                  <text>Music--Florida</text>
                </elementText>
                <elementText elementTextId="658809">
                  <text>Dance--United States</text>
                </elementText>
                <elementText elementTextId="658810">
                  <text>Gay culture--United States</text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
            <element elementId="41">
              <name>Description</name>
              <description/>
              <elementTextContainer>
                <elementText elementTextId="663568">
                  <text>The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community. </text>
                </elementText>
              </elementTextContainer>
            </element>
          </elementContainer>
        </elementSet>
      </elementSetContainer>
    </collection>
    <itemType itemTypeId="1">
      <name>Document</name>
      <description>A resource containing textual data.  Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.</description>
    </itemType>
    <elementSetContainer>
      <elementSet elementSetId="1">
        <name>Dublin Core</name>
        <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
        <elementContainer>
          <element elementId="50">
            <name>Title</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679642">
                <text>The Colours of Life, April 14, 1996</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="86">
            <name>Alternative Title</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679643">
                <text>The Colours of Life, University High School</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="49">
            <name>Subject</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679644">
                <text>Orlando (Fla.)</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679645">
                <text> Music--Florida</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679646">
                <text> Dance--United States</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679647">
                <text> Gay culture--United States</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="41">
            <name>Description</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679648">
                <text>A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "The Colours of Life", on April 14, 1996, at University High School in Orlando, Florida. The program includes short biographies on the Music Director Aubrey Connelly and the Accompanist Christopher M. Fecteau, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, a list of chorus members and contributors, and a brief history of GALA Choruses. It also includes a two-page demographic and feedback survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community. </text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="51">
            <name>Type</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679649">
                <text>Text</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="48">
            <name>Source</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679650">
                <text>Original 8-page black and white program with a colored front cover and a 2-page demographic and feedback survey, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="104">
            <name>Is Part Of</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679651">
                <text>&lt;a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/206" target="_blank"&gt;Orlando Gay Chorus Collection&lt;/a&gt;, LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES.</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="38">
            <name>Coverage</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679652">
                <text>University High School, Orlando, Florida</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="39">
            <name>Creator</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679653">
                <text>&lt;a href="https://orlandogaychorus.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Orlando Gay Chorus&lt;/a&gt;</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="45">
            <name>Publisher</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679654">
                <text>&lt;a href="https://orlandogaychorus.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Orlando Gay Chorus&lt;/a&gt;</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="90">
            <name>Date Created</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679655">
                <text>ca. 1996-04-14</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="94">
            <name>Date Issued</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679656">
                <text>1996-04-14</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="92">
            <name>Date Copyrighted</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679657">
                <text>1996-04-14</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="42">
            <name>Format</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679658">
                <text>application/pdf</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="112">
            <name>Extent</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679659">
                <text>29.0 MB</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="113">
            <name>Medium</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679660">
                <text>8-page black and white program with a colored front cover</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679661">
                <text> a 2-page demographic and feedback survey</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="44">
            <name>Language</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679662">
                <text>eng</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="122">
            <name>Mediator</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679663">
                <text>History Teacher</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679664">
                <text> Dance Teacher</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679665">
                <text> Music Teacher</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679666">
                <text> Art Teacher </text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="124">
            <name>Provenance</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679667">
                <text>Originally created and published by the &lt;a href="https://orlandogaychorus.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Orlando Gay Chorus&lt;/a&gt;.</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="125">
            <name>Rights Holder</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679668">
                <text>Copyright to this resource is held by &lt;a href="https://orlandogaychorus.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Orlando Gay Chorus&lt;/a&gt; and is provided here by &lt;a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"&gt;RICHES&lt;/a&gt; for educational purposes only.</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="117">
            <name>Accrual Method</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679669">
                <text>Donation</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="133">
            <name>Curator</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679670">
                <text>Rodriguez, Sharon</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="134">
            <name>Digital Collection</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679671">
                <text>&lt;a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"&gt;RICHES MI&lt;/a&gt;</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="135">
            <name>Source Repository</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679672">
                <text>University of Central Florida Special Collections</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="136">
            <name>External Reference</name>
            <description/>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="679673">
                <text>Ahlquist, Karen. &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62281651" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chorus and Community&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="679674">
                <text> Boedeker, Hal. "&lt;a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-orlando-gay-chorus-25-year"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
        </elementContainer>
      </elementSet>
    </elementSetContainer>
    <tagContainer>
      <tag tagId="55414">
        <name>After the Cure</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55415">
        <name>All Day, All Night</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="24141">
        <name>Amazing Grace</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55242">
        <name>Aubrey Connelly</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55319">
        <name>Carry Me</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55398">
        <name>Christopher M. Facteau</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55416">
        <name>Colors of My Life</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55417">
        <name>Condom Song</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="54218">
        <name>GALA Choruses</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="6933">
        <name>GLBT</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55420">
        <name>His Eye is on the Sparrow</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55421">
        <name>I Love Him</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55424">
        <name>I Shall Miss Loving You</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55422">
        <name>I'm Going to Go Back There Someday</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55423">
        <name>In Our Lifetime</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55322">
        <name>In the Miracle</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55425">
        <name>Left Behind</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="18489">
        <name>LGBT</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="45913">
        <name>LGBTQ+</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55405">
        <name>Love Lives On</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55426">
        <name>No False Hope</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="48191">
        <name>OGC</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55427">
        <name>Oh, Danny Boy</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55428">
        <name>One Hand, One Heart</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="18804">
        <name>Orlando Gay Chorus</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55429">
        <name>Paul R. Ericson Memorial AIDS Fund</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="54287">
        <name>Pride Parade</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55430">
        <name>Sex in the 90's</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55431">
        <name>Something Inside So Strong</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="54289">
        <name>Somewhere Medley</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55432">
        <name>Taking it to the Streets</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55256">
        <name>The Colours of Life</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55418">
        <name>The Day After That</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55419">
        <name>The Gift of Laughter</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55433">
        <name>Transformation</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="16815">
        <name>University High School</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55330">
        <name>We the People</name>
      </tag>
      <tag tagId="55337">
        <name>You Are My Star</name>
      </tag>
    </tagContainer>
  </item>
</itemContainer>
