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Community Choir to present annual Christmas
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December 7, 2016 |
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Bonners Ferry Community Choir presents "Peace on
Earth, Goodwill to All" at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
December 16, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 18,
both at Trinity Lutheran Church, just off
Highway 95 on Cody Street in Bonners Ferry.
Tickets are by donation at the door, with a
recommended donation of $10 for adults, $5 for
students, or $25 for a family.
The Community Choir has been presenting annual
Christmas concerts for over 40 years and this
year marks number 39 for the Barb Nelson and
Vicki Blake Thompson duo!
Barb Nelson conducted the choir for 18 years and
now is the accompanist. This is the 21st annual
concert for current conductor Vicki Blake
Thompson. For both, this is a work of love for
the Bonners Ferry community, a way for all to
celebrate the deeper meaning of Christmas.
This year's theme is three part: the cry of the
people, the story itself, and the many images
and traditions which have come to be a part of
Christmas celebrations. Music includes new
Christmas music as well as familiars like "O
Come, O Come Emmanuel," "The Holly and the Ivy,"
"Mary Did You Know," and "O Little Town of
Bethlehem."
An audience sing along includes "Silent Night",
"Angels We Have Heard on High," "O Holy Night"
and more. The music draws from a wide variety of
styles and genres.
The choir's performances will be enhanced by the
performance of Rosie Samter, who grew up in
Bonners Ferry and is currently a professional
viola player from Boston, Massachusetts.
Other instrumentalists will include Shirley
Cameron from Creston, BC, and Jim Thompson, both
on the EWI (electronic wind instrument), and a
variety of percussionists drawn from the choir.
Diane Olsen, popular Bonners Ferry piano
instructor, will play with Barb Nelson on three
different four-hand piano pieces. Vocal soloists
from the choir include India Kucherry, DJ
Cruttenden, Si Thompson, Clarice McKenney,
Stewart Yoder, Amy Stuermer, Rhea Verbanic, all
from Bonners Ferry, Gail Southall, Creston, and
Jim and Angie Hagen and Colleen Lewis, all of
Sandpoint. |
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