Father’s Day will be a particularly special occasion for a group of local children as they will board buses for a trip to New York City. The ten children are members of the Grover and Lula Mae Hill Memorial Choraliers and they will be singing at The Church of the Heavenly Rest on Fifth Avenue on June 15, due to the efforts of Beverley Vanessa Hill. Hill is an accomplished opera singer residing in New York who has never forgotten her Baldwin County roots. In 1995 Hill established the Choraliers, named in honor of her parents. The group is a concept that Hill uses to promote her ideas of enriching communities by bringing diverse groups of people together in song. Hill builds the Choraliers out of local talent found at each venue. In May 2005 Hill brought together young singers from First United Methodist Church, Second Macedonia Baptist Church, Union Baptist City Church, Green Pasture Baptist Church, and Georgia Military College Prep to perform in the First International Arts Festival and Peace Tour at the Goldstein Center for the Performing Arts. The ten children traveling to New York next month are members from that group. The trip has taken a bit longer to come to fruition than originally planned because Hill suffered a particularly complicated broken ankle just weeks after the 2005 concert. She never lost her vision, however, and remained dedicated to fulfilling the promise she made to the children of a trip to New York. During the 2005 concert the Choraliers sang two songs, a gospel piece and an Israeli piece in Hebrew. This year the children will be joined by the children’s choir of The Church of the Heavenly Rest to present “Amazing Grace” and “Be Thou My Vision.” During their trip to New York they will visit the Church of the Blessed Sacrament and the Park Avenue Synagogue. Hill sees the trip as much more than a chance for budding vocalists to strut their stuff. “I am doing this so they can have the experience of diversity and of thinking outside of the box,” Hill said. “Not only will they see different venues and be able to perform, they will learn the importance of leadership and teamwork, and of being exposed to different languages and artists of different backgrounds.” While in New York the children will be hosted to lunch by arts supporter Ruth Jody. In addition, the children will visit museums, the Central Park zoo, Ground Zero, NBC, Chinatown, Little Italy (where they will have a pizza party), and will cruise around the city.