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Holiday Choral Festival – Saturday Night December 14th

December 13, 2013 By News Release

DEARBORN, Michigan – Vanguard Voices, directed by G. Kevin Dewey, and Dearborn Community Chorus, directed by Marcus LaPratt, will celebrate the season at the Dearborn Holiday Choral Festival on Saturday, December 14, at 7 p.m. in the world-class Michael A. Guido Theater at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn.

The combined choirs, joined by the Dearborn Symphony Chamber Orchestra, will perform the music from Steven Errante’s “The Boar’s Head Festival.”

Dearborn Christmas Choral Festival

Photo from the Dearborn Holiday Choral Festival 2012 featuring Dearborn’s premier choirs, Vanguard Voices and Dearborn Community Chorus, accompanied by the Dearborn Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Photo credit: Bruce Harkness.

This concert presentation will feature all of the solos, choruses, and audience-participation carols from the familiar pageant produced by Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church.

Dearborn Community Chorus will perform seasonal selections including “Sweet Was the Song” (Robert H. Young), “Breath of Heaven” (Amy Grant), and “Run to the Manger” (Kirby Shaw). Vanguard Voices will present “Hodie Christus Natus Est” (G.P. da Palestrina), “A Hymn to the Virgin” (Benjamin Britten), and “Three Kings” (Healey Willan).

Vanguard Male Chorus will sing carols in the lobby from 6:15-6:45 p.m.

Audience members are also invited to a punch and cookies reception immediately following the concert.

Reserved tickets, priced at $18, $15, $11, and $6 (student) are available at The Center’s box office, which is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.  at 313-943-2354 or dearborntheater.com

Dearborn Community Chorus and Vanguard Voices are both sponsored by the Dearborn Recreation & Parks Department. The Holiday Choral Festival receives support from the Dearborn Community Fund.

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