North Shore Echo, December 11, 2013

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Choral Rhapsody is festive fun for the whole family

The 16th Annual Choral Rhapsody of Christmas embraces the festive spirit of the holidays. This free community event takes place in the Sagebrush Theatre on Tuesday, December 17 at 7:00pm. The concert is sponsored by the City of Kamloops, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services and although the event is free of charge, food and cash donations for the Kamloops Food Bank will be gratefully accepted. New for this year is reserved seating! Cara Graden, Arts, Culture and Heritage Coordinator for the City of Kamloops, thinks it will make the evening run even smoother. “In the past, it has been very well attended and it is nice to not have to rush down to get a seat. This allows for

people attending, the luxury of coming down when you want to and casually enter into the auditorium. Come down and enjoy an evening of good music that will get you into the festive mood for Christmas.” Six local choirs will be presenting a delightful selection of Christmas carols with sing-a-longs in between sets for audience participation. The choirs in attendance will be: Desert Sounds Harmony, German Liederkreis Choir, Hub City Singers, The O.L.P.H. and St. Ann’s Academy Rising Stars School Choir, Silver Bell Singers and The Happy Choristers. Cara is looking forward to the jubilant event. “It is very festive event and a great way to lis-

ten to different choirs in our community at one venue. We have six choirs attending and everyone selects a song and they are totally different from one another. We even have a children’s choir for this year.” The O.L.P.H. and St. Ann’s Academy Rising Stars School Choir is excited to have some kids from the choir participating in the concert. “I wanted to take them out into the community,” says Robert Peterson of the O.L.P.H. “I think they are excited to participate in something outside of the school.” The students from the O.L.P.H. and St. Ann’s Academy Rising Stars School Choir are from grades four to seven and will be singing Calypos Medley, He is Born, The Devine Child and We Wish You a Merry Christmas in a Jazz arrangement. “It isn’t very often that we can get the two school’s kids together. I’m glad that parks and rec does this; it gives community choirs a chance to spread some Christmas cheer,” adds Robert. Dora MacKay, office coordinator for the Kamloops Food Bank, is grateful for the participation of the Choral Rhapsody in supporting the Food Bank. “Come out and enjoy yourselves and give back to the community at the same time,” says Dora. “It would be great for people to donate some of our top ten items like canned meat, canned vegetables, any to do with baby, beans, rice, macaroni and cheese.” It is recommend that you book your free tickets in advance, through Kamloops Live! Box Office by phone at 250-374-5483, in-person at 1025 Lorne Street or online kamloopslive.ca (Access code: Christmas). For more information about the event, please call 250-828-3611. Don’t miss out on this chance to spend a night enjoying local choirs with your loved ones. Ashley Demedeiros

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