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The Western Carolina Community Chorus will present a program
of seasonal music Sunday, Dec. 14, on the Western Carolina University
campus.
Songs for Hanukkah and Christmas will be featured, and the free
program will be held at 4 p.m. in the Coulter Building's recital
hall.
The program will be under direction of the chorus' longtime conductor,
James Dooley and feature 60 voices accompanied by piano and the
WCU faculty woodwind ensemble.
Barbara Dooley will be at the keyboard, and the featured woodwind
players will be flutists, Eldred and Libba Spell; clarinetist,
Shannon Thompson; and bassoonist, Will Peebles. Mike Nichols,
assistant director, will join the ensemble on drum for the "Shepherds'
Dance," one of several selections from Gian Carlo Menotti's
"Amahl and the Night Visitors" being performed.
Several tunes associated with Hanukkah will be featured, including
"Hava Nagila," one of the most popular Israeli folk
songs.
The original version of "Jingle Bells" will provide
a spirited close to the holiday presentation.
The Western Carolina Community Chorus is the oldest community
choral group in Western North Carolina.
The organization is sponsored by Western Carolina University,
the Jackson County Arts Council, and the Grassroots Program of
the North Carolina Arts Council. Since its inception in 1970,
the chorus has performed 80 concerts in 15 locations throughout
WNC.
For additional information about the chorus and its programs and
the Dec. 14 holiday concert, visit the chorus's website at www.wcu.edu/wccc,
call Dooley at 293-5589, or send him an e-mail at jb.dooley@verizon.net.
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