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Today, the club has approximately 25 members and performs a varied repertoire of show tunes, sea chanties, patriotic, love and folk songs at venues around the Boston area. The club is directed by Steven
Lipsitt, former leader of the Yale Russian Chorus and Pitchpipe of the Whiffenpoofs. He currently
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also serves as music director of the Boston
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