Henry Leck Founded the ICC in 1986. The choir began with a couple hundred kids and has grown to over 3000 singers. The choirs travel all over the world, visiting places from New York City to Australia, to England, and to Russia. The advanced choirs have performed at national conventions many times, the most recent appearance being March of this year. You can find out more about the organization here.
If you have ever been around the ICC, you've definitely heard the phrase "It's more than music." And it really is. Its full of it's own little quirks that we all find time to laugh at. Things that continue on through generations of singers, like:
You know you're in ICC when... you know what a Dwyer choir is...
You know you're in ICC when...the pitch "C" above "middle C" is drilled into your tonal memory...
You know you're in ICC when... people coming up to you fixing your tie is totally normal.
You know you're an ICC girl when... you have found that your cell phone, lip-gloss iPod, cough drops, and more can fit in your socks... or your guy friend's tux jacket.
Then there's the sentimental stuff. Because, as much as we hear it, ICC truly is so much more than music. It’s the early days with Mrs. Hassler, where everything was "P.O.C., baby!"… And the days in a Dwyer Choir belting out Yonder Come Day. It’s the bedtime stories and crazy socks with Mr. Pedde, enduring the horrible (yet wonderful) puns of Leck jokes... and it’s being with Mama West and obsessing over sparkles and ducks and just being fabulous. It’s a family. There is nothing else in this world like the Indianapolis Children’s Choir.