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We've heard it sung that, "There's no business like show business," and show business has played a very important role in the life of The National Christian Choir's own Glenn Goff. Ever since he starred in his fifth grade school play, Glenn has had a love for music and the theater. He took piano lessons and also learned to play the trumpet. He sang in the adult choir at church as a teen and was in many musicals and plays in high school.
All of this led to years of work with the professional theater. He has done everything in the theater from running a concession stand to selling souvenir programs, to on-stage work, to canvas man, to show technician, to assistant theater manager. Over the years he toured with a production company of Camelot and traveled with the likes of Howard Keel, Milton Berle, Juliet Prowse, Ava Gabor, and John Voight. In addition, he worked with John Raitt, Robert Cummings, Carol Channing, and Martha Raye. But best of all, this is how Glenn met Patricia, his lovely wife of nearly forty years.
It was Glenn's show business experience that led him to his job as Operations Manager for Maryland Public Television, where he has been employed for forty years. He also was studio supervisor in the early years when it was known as The Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting. A native Marylander, Glenn is the son of an army family and was born at Edgewood Arsenal in Harford County. He grew up not far away in Chase, lived in Hampstead, and then in Catonsville. Currently he and Pat live in Westminster, MD. They have one son, Scott, and two grandchildren, Amber, 11, and Mark, 9.
Always active in the churches he has attended, Glenn cannot remember a time when he didn't know Christ as his Savior. He was very active in Hampstead Youth for Christ, serving on many YFC committees. For many years he attended Holy Nativity Lutheran Church in Arbutus. There he was senior choir director for twenty years, was involved in establishing the contemporary service, chaired the elders, and was responsible for the sound system.
Glenn joined The National Christian Choir in 2004. He had heard The Choir twice before and thought about auditioning, but as he says, he "chickened out." But the third time, when choir members surrounded the congregation for the closing song, who should be standing next to him but a friend from church. Although he made his way out to the CD table, his friend pursued him and "dragged" him in to audition. The rest is history. Glenn loves being a part of The Choir. He is so blessed to see lives touched through concerts and the ministry of Psalm 95. Very special to him is The Choir's part in providing for the homeless shelters in Salisbury, MD through The Magi Fund concerts each November.
Apart from his love of music, the theater, and The Choir, Glenn likes to bowl when time allows. He also runs the website and a 17,000-name database for his Franklin High School Alumni Association, helping them raise money for scholarships.
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