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The Olney Central College Community Choir will present its Holiday Pops Concert at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9 in the Dr. John D. Stull Performing Arts Center.
Director of Choral Activities Dr. Andrew Pittman said this year’s event will feature a lighter fare of holiday favorites including Winter Wonderland, All I Want for Christmas is You, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch and Christmas Time is Here from the 1965 animated television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
“It’s a really good show that will get you into the holiday mood,” Pittman said. “We have a great choir this year. They sound great and have been fun to work with.”
The 35-member choir is comprised of both local musicians and OCC students, who began rehearsals in early September.
Other selections that evening will be Holiday Road from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Something in My Memory from Home Alone and the holiday classic Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) made famous by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters in 1950.
Featured duets will include The Mister Heat Miser/Mister Snow Miser song from the Rankin & Bass 1974 animated special, The Year Without Santa Claus, Santa Baby and the Christmas carol What Child is This? The entire choir will perform the moving African-American spiritual Rise Up Shepherd, and Follow.
Accompanying the music will be a biblical reading and a special rendition of Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas).
Following a long-standing tradition, the concert will conclude with a Christmas carol sing-along.
Admission for the concert is free.
