Enjoy holiday music, carols with Community Band on Sunday
The Oak Ridge Community Band is inviting everyone to come to the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. to hear our concert and sing Christmas carols celebrating this lovely time of the year. There is no admission fee, and you are encouraged to bring family and friends to this wonderful seasonal event.
Among the numbers on Sunday's program is one of Leroy Anderson's most popular holiday tunes - "Sleigh Ride" - in which you can not only hear the bells on the horse pulling the sleigh, but the crack of the whip, the clip-clop of the horse's hooves, and the horse's distinctive neigh. Other selections include Irving Berlin’s classic “White Christmas,” Johann Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Gustav Holst’s “Christmas Day,” and a medley of Christmas melodies in Bill Byer’s arrangement of “Christmas Spectacular!”
In addition, the Community Band will play Christmas carols and invite the audience to sing along.
The Oak Ridge Community Band is directed by Shaun Salem and meets every Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church fellowship hall to rehearse. If you are a musician and would like to join the band, call (865) 202-2773 for more information. Also, visit the band’s website at www.orcb.org and see current band news on the band’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/OakRidgeCommunityBand.
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