BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Community Band will present a Christmas concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the West Parish Congregational Church.
The band will play “Echoes From the Battlefield” arranged by Darren Jenkins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The arrangement features familiar songs from that era.
Other songs include “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” by Frank Loesser, “The Eighth Candle” by Steve Reisteter, which is a prayer and dance for Hanukkah, “On This Day Earth Shall Ring” by Gustzv Holst, “Christmas Fanfare” by Todd Staller and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Albert Hague.
The concert will also feature a vibraphone for “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker Suite III” by Tchaikovsky.
The audience may join in singing the “Hallelujah Chorus” by Handel and arranged by Jack Bullock. Traditional favorites include “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, “Blue Christmas” by Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson, and “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson.
Patricia Boyle-Wight directs the community band, which includes people of all ages from Bethel, Dixfield, Greenwood, Hanover, Rumford, South Paris and Woodstock, and Berlin, N.H.
The community band practices from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Mondays in the church basement. Rehearsals for the spring concert start Jan. 7, 2019. New members are always welcome.
For more information contact Julie Schubert-Cowan, band president, at jdschubes@gmail.com.
The Mahoosuc Community Band will present a Christmas concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the West Parish Congregational Church on Broad Street in Bethel.
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