Christmas music will abound at Orillia Concert Band events

NEWS RELEASE
ORILLIA CONCERT BAND
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The Orillia Concert Band will be hosting two Christmas concerts on one day next month.

Sponsored by Forest Hill Orillia Real Estate and Dapper Depot Menswear, the band’s Afternoon Christmas Concert is designed to ignite the Christmas Spirit in children (young and old)! This concert is shorter and young family-friendly.

Come and listen to your Christmas favourites, take in some new Christmas songs and join us in Christmas carol sing-a-longs. Special guests: Samuel de Champlain Children's Choir. Santa will be visiting during the concert as well.

The Afternoon Christmas Concert is Dec. 7 from 3:30 to 5 p.m., at St. Paul's Centre, 62 Peter St. N., Orillia.

This is the program for the matinee:

1. Let the Bells Ring, arrangement by Robert Buckley
2. An Irving Berlin Christmas, Warren Barker
3. Highlights from Frozen, Stephen Bulla, Gesu Bambino, Andy Clark
4. A Gift of Christmas Song – Audience Sing a long, arrangement by James Swearingen
5. Les Petits Chanteurs: Magie; Il Est Ne
6. Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, arranged by Michael Brown
7. INTERMISSION
8. Sparkling Lights, Matt Conaway
9. A Most Wonderful Christmas, Robert Sheldon
10. Baby, It's Cold Outside, Loesser/arrangement by John Moss
11. The Polar Express, Alan Silvesri and Glen Ballard/arr. Jerry Brubaker
12. Twas The Night Before Christmas, arrangement by Jack Bullock
13. Les Petits Chanteurs: Un Flambeau Jeanette Isabelle
14. The Christmas Song - Joint with choir, arrangement by Snider Higgins

Tickets available at the door:

• Family $20 (2 adults and unlimited children under 17)
• Adult $10
• Students / Child $5 (ages 5-12)
• Children under 5 FREE

Later that night, the Orillia Concert Band continues the annual tradition of kicking off the Christmas season with its Christmas Prelude concert, with special guests St. Paul's Chancel Choir under the direction of Blair Bailey. Not only will the choir and the band play a few pieces together, but this year we will be adding St. Paul’s powerful organ to the mix.

Sponsored by BMO Nesbitt Burns, and Dapper Depot Menswear, this concert features old classic Christmas tunes, new Christmas compositions plus Christmas carol sing-a-longs!

The "Christmas Prelude" concert is also at St. Paul's Centre and goes from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

This is the program for Christmas Prelude:

1. Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland (arrangement by Robert Longfield_)
2. Irving Berlin Christmas, Warren Barker 
3. Gesu Bambino, Andy Clark
4. Highlights from Frozen, Stephen Bulla
5. St. Paul's Choir: Christmas Is Coming, Walford Davies; The Wild Wood Carol, John Rutter; Angels' Carol, John Rutter; and Fum, Fum, Fum (arrangement by John and Phyllis Miller)
6. Meridian (joint with choir), Ola Gjeilo
7. A Gift of Christmas Song - Audience sing-a-long (arrangement by James Swearingen)
8. Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (arrangement by Michael Brown)
9. INTERMISSION
10. Sparkling Lights, Matt Conaway
11. A Most Wonderful Christmas, Robert Sheldon
12. Baby, It's Cold Outside, Loesser (arrangement by John Moss)
13. The Polar Express, Alan Silvesri and Glen Ballard (arrangement by Jerry Brubaker)
14. St. Paul's Choir: Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant, arranged by Dave and Jean Perry; What Glorious Sounds, Nancy Telfer; All This Night, William Austin and Eleanor Daley           
15. The Christmas Song (joint with choir), arrangement by Snyder Higgins
16. A Gift of Christmas - Audience Sing-a-long (arrangement by James Swearingen)
17. A Christmas Festival (joint with choir), Leroy Anderson

Tickets available at the door:

• Family $30 (2 adults and unlimited children under 17)
• Adult $15
• Students $10
• Child $5 (ages 5-12)
• Children under 5 FREE

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