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Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3:00 P.M.
Phillips Middle School Auditorium
Fort Dodge, Iowa

This concert will be led by guest conductor, Mike Golemo from Iowa State University. The vocal soloist will be Jocelyn Ascherl. She is a Fort Dodge native and a student at Iowa State University. Scott Johnston will also return as the narrator of the old time favorite 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.'

The program will feature many Christmas classics and will close with the traditional audience sing-a-long of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah.

For information about our soloists, see the Mike Golemo and Jocelyn Ascherl pages.

                            Program

Christmas at the Movies                                              arr. Krogstad
     Somewhere in My Memory (from “Home Alone”)
     How the Grinch Stole Christmas
     Miracle on 34th Street
     The Polar Express
     A Christmas Story
     The Nightmare Before Christmas

From Messiah                                                                Handel
     I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
     Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion

                                   Soloist: Jocelyn Ashcerl, soprano

Danzon No. 2                                                                Marquez

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Sleigh Ride, from Three German Dances (1791)           Mozart

Sleigh Ride                                                                     Leroy Anderson

Twas the Night Before Christmas                                 arr. Bill Holcombe

                                      Scott Johnston, narrator

White Christmas                                                           Irving Berlin
                                                                                     arr. John Moss
                                               Ms. Ashcherl

A Christmas Festival                                                     Leroy Anderson
     Joy to the World
     God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
     Good King Wenceslas
     Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
     The First Noel
     Silent Night
     Jingle Bells
     O Come, All Ye Faithful

Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah                                      Handel
     Audience sing-a-long

Admission is by season membership or tickets at the door: $10 adult, $6 student. Season memberships for all remaining concerts will still be available for those who wish to purchase one.

Be sure to register for the CD drawing which will be held after the intermission.

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