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A
holiday celebration featuring music from the Middlesex Concert
Band and friends.
Free
refreshments . . . Raffle . . . Bake sale
Sunday,
December 9 at 3:00 pm
Featuring
Listen to an array of holiday
classics including two of Leroy Anderson’s Christmas
standbys, “Christmas Festival” and “Sleigh
Ride”, as well as a medley of Hanukkah and traditional
Jewish folk songs in “Rhapsody for Hanukkah” and
the calypso style, “Mary’s Boy Child.” Sing
along with your favorite Christmas carols, as each section
of the band is highlighted. The band will also be accompanied
by singer, Rene Pfister and the First Baptist Church of Wakefield
Handbell Choir.
Come join us for an afternoon
of holiday cheer!
Our
program of songs includes:
Christmas
Festival – Leroy Anderson
Dies Natalis – Howard Hanson
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring – Bach arr. by E. Leizen
It Must Be Christmas Eve – Rene Pfister, vocalist
Mary’s Boy Child – Sparke
Rhapsody for Hanukkah -- Stephen Bulla
Petersburger Schlittenfahrt – Richard Eilenberg,
arr. John Mortimer
Christmas in the Round –
arranged by Robert Smith.
Tidings (Handbells and Band) –
arranged by D. Wagner
Go Tell it on the Mountain – arr. Jay Dawson
Christmas Sing-a-Long
White Christmas – Irving Berlin, arr. Bennett
Sleigh Ride – Leroy
Anderson
Plus the handbells will perform
a special song
Tickets are $15 adult; $10
seniors; under 12 free
Call Molly at (857) 288-8239
or
email BoxOffice
@ mcbconcertband.org
or purchase tickets at the door.
Americal Civic Center
467 Main Street, Wakefield, MA
Next to the Galvin Middle School. Directions
(pdf)
The center is handicapped accessible
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