Ze Merry Maries dazzle and entertain seniors at Clark Fork Valley Hospital’s long-term care facility recently. The combination of tight a capella harmonies with over-the-top silliness have made them popular for benefits and schools throughout NW Montana. (Carolyn Hidy/Clark Fork Valley Press)
February 6, 2019
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February 6, 2019 11:44 p.m.
Ze Merry Maries a capella group together for 10 years
“It all started with a story on NPR in 2008,” says Deb Achatz of Trout Creek, who first dreamed up the area’s long-time comedy a capella group, Ze Merry Maries. She was struck by a piece saying that performance art was not taught in schools as much as it used to be.