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December 20, 2023
Vol. 20, No. 14
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Music pg. 8
Mission Valley Choral Society members perform their holiday spectacular concert at the Mission Church in St. Ignatius.
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Mission Valley Choral Society, String Quartet sing in holiday season By Beau Biggs for the Valley Journal
Hoops pg. 14
ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Valley Choral Society and String Quartet filled the St. Ignatius Mission with holiday mu-
sic on Saturday, Dec. 16 during their annual “Winter Holiday Spectacular” performance. Cathy Gillhouse, event director, said: “I started preparing a month in advance to choose the
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music and get all the materials ordered so we could practice. We have been preparing for this event for 12 weeks.” The hours of practice, she added, paid off. “It’s great to see
a group peak right at the perfect time,” she said. Susan Raub-Fortner, president of the Mission Valley Choral see page 2