CHRISTMAS 2003 PROGRAM

Opening Themes

Let There Be Music                                               Williams, Elliott

Fanfare for Christmas Day                                       Martin Shaw

Seasonal Traditions

The Alfred Burt Carols                                               Burt, Hutson

            Caroling, Caroling

            All on a Christmas Morning

            We'll Dress the House

            Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind

                   (descant by Kristen Pannos, Jodi Waldron)

Christmas is a Birthday                                    Deutsch, Manning

The Friendly Beasts                                            arr. Alice Parker

European Traditions

Four Slovak Carols                                        arr. Richard Kountz

            Alleluia! Christ is Born

            Gladly Sing This Wond'rous Thing

            The First Night

            Peace on Earth

As Lately We Watched (with Family Choir) arr. Charles Black

Hear the Glad Tidings                                           arr. Philip Kern

Venite Adoremus/Come Let Us Adore Him

The Snow Lay on the Ground                          arr. Leo Sowerby

Gesu Bambino                                                            Pietro A. Yon

Adeste Fideles                       John F. Wade, arr. Carlyle Duncan

                (with Family Choir, descant by Joanne Boag)

--INTERMISSION-

Treble Voices

Sing Noel                                                          Allen Robert Petker

The Twelve Days After Christmas                    Frederick Silver

Contemporary Traditions

The Sound of Christmas                                             Lloyd Conley

Silver Bells                                  Livingston & Evans, arr. Naylor

We Need a Little Christmas         Jerry Herman, arr. Mac Huff

Christmas Time is Here                                       

                   Lee Mendelson & Vince Guaraldi. Arr. Teena Chinn

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (solo by Patrick Shea)

                       Clement Moore, Ken Darby, arr. Harry Simeone

.and a few extras!