“I’m looking for a fun experience, an entertaining experience and an accurate bird call,” Levenson said prior to the show. Seniors Josef Crombie Presburg and Daniel DeBare got the most laughs of the night, staging a political comedy act and begging for at least third place with their impressive grey butcherbird call. The pair had participated in the contest twice before, hence the begging. Despite all the laughs, they didn’t place. Jeremy Wong and Philip Horn showed off their dance moves as they described and called for the burrowing owl while Maya Guzdar and Kay Sibal did their best red carpet celebrity performance of the gentle whistle of the common poorwill.

“Partly, it’s the score, which is so beautiful, And the book is so well crafted that people call it a play with music, The songs weave so nicely in and out of these two parallel love stories, set against the backdrop of the war, There’s a remarkable confluence of elements, The writing is way ahead of its time, where the conflict in the love stories has to do with race, We do live in a much more multicultural America now, but the issue of racism is still prevalent, “The leading lady, Nellie, a blonde nurse from Arkansas, has to come to terms with the fact that the way that she was brought up is causing her to lose someone she loves, and be hurtful ballet shoes drawing simple to someone she loves, We all have some sort of transition in our life, where we have to come to terms with who we want to be and who we were brought up to be, And maybe there are things we need to change,” says Carey, “That conflict within the leading lady gives us a really interesting story.”..

An Evening of Lessons and Carols: The Santa Clara Chorale presents a program of seasonal choral music, traditional carols and meditative readings that explore the holiday themes of wonder, community, joy, loss and peace. Dec. 11, 8 p.m.; Dec. 13, 4 p.m. Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara University. $5-$32. scc.org. Peninsula Women’s Chorus: The chorus presents” a program featuring works by Diemer, Debussy and Carter. A sing-along set is also on the bill. Dec. 12, 2:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. Dec. 18, 8 p.m. Mission Santa Clara, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. $30 general/$35 premium/$10 student. pwchorus.org, 650-327-3095.

Contralto Sara Couden: 7 p.m, Dec, 8, St, ballet shoes drawing simple Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1924 Trinity Ave., Walnut Creek, Couden, who currently performs with the Metropolitan Opera, will be joined by soprano Marina Tolstova and pianist Simona Snitkovsky, $10-$20, http://stpaulswc.org/, Contemporary Compositions of Yiddish and Polish Music: 8 p.m, Dec, 8, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St., San Francisco, Live performance by Ola Bilinska and Libelid, Free, but reservations needed, https://bit.ly/2KDyvsU..

Friday Afternoon at the Cinema: Los Gatos resident Judy Marlin facilitates this free event, which offers screenings of a variety of films, followed by discussions of the film over coffee and tea. The next screening features Invictus, which describes Nelson Mandela used the national rugby team to try to unite South Africa following the end of apartheid. Nov. 19. Reservations are not required. LGS Adult Recreation Center Lounge, 208 E. Main St., Los Gatos. For more information, call the senior center at 408.354.1514.