Community Choir readies for holiday show

COSHOCTON − The Coshocton Community Choir will perform its annual Christmas Festival Concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 4 in McKinley Auditorium of Coshocton High School, 1205 Cambridge Road. The title is "Come, Let Us Adore."

New members of the Coshocton Community Choir in the front row are Olivia Crouso, Mason Gano, Terri Phillips, Emily Blair, Dannan Stewart, Madison McWilliams, Colleen Schimmel and Cheryl Stevens. In the back row are Bryan Kittner, David McDonald, Spencer Stanley, Allen Cook, Deb Quillen, Marge Pizzino and Michael Woolery. Not pictured is Joellyn Weidman.

The concert will feature the adult choir, the Coshocton Singers and the Coshocton Youth Chorale with accompaniment from Dickie Barrick, Mark Wagner and The Roscoe Brass quintet and percussion.

The 100-vocie choir is welcoming 16 new members this year. They are Olivia Crouso, Mason Gano, Terri Phillips, Emily Blair, Dannan Stewart, Madison McWilliams, Colleen Schimmel, Cheryl Stevens, Bryan Kittner, David McDonald, Spencer Stanley, Allen Cook, Deb Quillen, Marge Pizzino, Michael Woolery and Joellyn Weidman.

The group features members from Coshocton, Tuscarawas, Morrow, Franklin, Licking, Fairfield, Muskingum and Guernsey counties, as well as West Virginia. Ages from from high school students to senior citizens. The choir is conducted by its founder, Charles R. Snyder.

Tickets for the holiday show are $10 for adults and $5 for students available from choir members, online at coshoctoncommunitychoir.org and at the door. More information on the choir can be found at the website and its Facebook page.

The Coshocton County Choir in its 51st year is a non-profit organization that meets expenses involved in preparing for and performing concerts through ticket sales and an annual fund campaign that’s also underway. Contributions to support the choir can be mailed to P.O. Box 1648, Coshocton, OH 43812. Patrons receive tickets to the Choir's Christmas and spring concerts.

Submitted by the Coshocton Community Choir.

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