Celebrate the Season Sunday, December 2, 2007, 3:00 P.M. Phillips Middle School Auditorium Fort Dodge, Iowa This concert is a musical celebration of the holiday season. It includes three different musical sleigh rides and glorious but lesser-known selections from Tschaikowsky's Nutcracker. There will also be a cornucopia of Johann Strauss waltzes, polkas, and marches to welcome the new year. The program will close with the traditional Handel's Messiah audience sing-a-long. The Karl King Bell Ringers, directed by Jan Altemeier, will perform prior to the concert starting at 2:30. They will also perform two selections during the concert. The Soprano Chorus of the Fair Oaks Middle School Honor Choir will also perform in the concert as they sing the Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker. For more information on these two groups, see the Special Guests page.                           PROGRAM The Sleigh Ride                                                Leopold Mozart                                                                        (1719-1787) "The Sleigh Ride" from Three German Dances    Wolfgang Amadé Mozart                                                                        (1756-1791) "Troika" from Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60       Sergei Prokofiev                                                                         (1891-1953) Silent Night                                                       Franz Gruber     The King Bell Ringers                                        arr. Albert Zabel How Great Our Joy!                                           Douglas Wagner/Lloyd Larson      The King Bell Ringers                                       arr. Brant Adams from The Nutcracker Op. 71a                              Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky                                                                          (1840-1893)             Waltz of the Snowflakes                Soprano Chorus, Fair Oaks Middle School Honor Choir              Pas de Deux              Final Waltz and Apotheosis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - INTERMISSION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Emperor Waltzes, Op. 437                                  Johann Strauss, Jr.                                                                           (1825-1899) Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Thunder and Lightning polka, Op. 324 On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314 Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 "Hallelujah" from Messiah                                    George Frideric Handel     Audience Sing-A-Long                                      (1685-1759) Admission: Season Membership or tickets at the door - $10.00 Adults, $6.00 Students Be sure to register for the CD drawing which will be held after the intermission.