{"id":21,"date":"2025-12-16T19:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:38:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" data-id=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/529217109_1376440204489280_6230518365471993899_n-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/529217109_1376440204489280_6230518365471993899_n-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/529217109_1376440204489280_6230518365471993899_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/529217109_1376440204489280_6230518365471993899_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/529217109_1376440204489280_6230518365471993899_n-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/529217109_1376440204489280_6230518365471993899_n.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default wp-duotone-unset-2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ca64c0b5-b903-4618-b495-6f50b7ff6122.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ca64c0b5-b903-4618-b495-6f50b7ff6122.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ca64c0b5-b903-4618-b495-6f50b7ff6122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ca64c0b5-b903-4618-b495-6f50b7ff6122-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a true community choir, on Galiano Island since 2003. Singers of all ages and musical experiences are welcomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file alignwide\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Coro-Galiano-memoir.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Coro Galiano memoir.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fb5f5245-3af6-4dd7-a324-52a0d1a54269\" href=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Coro-Galiano-memoir.pdf\">Coro Galiano memoir<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/corogaliano.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Coro-Galiano-memoir.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fb5f5245-3af6-4dd7-a324-52a0d1a54269\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choir Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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class=\"has-small-font-size\">L\u00fathien Teel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Judith Hamilton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Altos<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Zhara Balleny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jackie Bowers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dorothy Friesen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Joan Henriques<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">MaryJo Hughes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Diane Laronde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kendall McLaughlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Roberta Skye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Christina 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