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16th 'Concert of Lessons and Carols' to ring in the holidays at Piedmont College The Piedmont College Chorale and Habersham Central High School Singers will present their annual "Concert of Lessons and Carols" at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 3, and again on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the college's Center for Worship and Music in Demorest. The concert is free and everyone is invited. This is the 16th anniversary of the annual concert, which will include readings from the story of the birth of Christ, accompanied by choral pieces. The choirs will perform works by classic and modern composers and the audience is invited to join in the singing of a number of traditional Christmas hymns. The Piedmont Chorale is composed of singers from the college and the northeast Georgia community under the direction of Dr. Wallace Hinson, with assistant conductor Donna Bunn James. The Habersham Central High School Singers are directed by Bobby Ivey. Accompanists include organist Dr. James Mellichamp and pianist Dr. Phillip Hayner. The performance will also include John Bailey and Phillip Holcomb on trumpet, and Rebecca Buffington and Greg Leathers on trombone. Readers will include the Rev. Dr. Ashley Cook, the Rev. Herb Snedden, Dr. Betsey Blakeslee, Russ Spangler, Dr. Lisa Hodgens, Dr. Barbara Steinhaus-Jordan, Dr. Garen Simmons, Dr. Tim Lytle, Dr. Curtis Bradford, and the Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor. Members of the Habersham Singers include Melissa Bailey, Michaela Bell, Courtney Branson, John Burke, Portia Burns, Casey Cassell, Melissa Chitwood, Chris Collins, Jared Cox, Amanda Demore, Ashley Dockery, Dana Emig, Joey Ferguson, Kailey Gould, Collier Hatchett, Leah Holcomb, Christine Johnson, John Paul Jordan, Erika Lund, Kyle Maxwell, Abby Mitchell, P.J. Mitchell, Josh Moore, Mary Jo Skeen, Anna Smith, Daniel Spurlock, Devorio Tate, Audrey Tomlinson, Amber Watson, Krys Whitfield, and Allie Wilson. The members of the Piedmont Chorale include sopranos Margit Adams, Jennifer Babel, Rebecca Barnes, Ruth Bunn, Jean Calef, Laurie Campbell, Misty Chandler, Mary Garrison, Emily Giardina, Mary Harlan, Ethel Henderson, Carolyn Hill, Beverly Holbrook, Wilma Humphries, Ellen Jenkins, Jeanette Lackey, Megan Vosburgh, Heather Barcroft, Sue Blair, Edna Brescia, Angelina Dorman, Kimberly Freeman, Melissa Grizzle, Margaret Holifield, Carole Jackson, Sarah Jean Miller, Laurie Mullinax, Betty Ridley, Amanda Robbins, Delores Schwartz, Margaret Stabler, Kristen Taylor, Stefanie Watkins, Virginia Webb, and Shelley Williamson Altos include Deanna Allen, Maria Arenas, Louise Bonadies, Lavona Bridges, Karen Brown, Lauren Esparza, Tina Evans, Katherine Hobbs, Courtney Johnston, Haley Jordan, Shirley Leavens, Bev Mannes, Barbara McKinley, Sylvia Price, Jane Ann Quartel, Ashley Rittenour, Katie Robinson, Lorena Rojas, Alicia Varner, Wendi Barcroft, Denise Benson, Miriam Edmonds, Sarah Farrell, Bethany Fisher, Christie Heard, Donna James, Melinda McClenahan, Abbey Meents, Tish Monroe, Rita Myers, Sandy Oscar, Kristen Pianka, Robin Russell, Ione Schultz, Ethel Tanner, Jamie Telford, Phyllis Webb, and Caitlyn Whitted. The tenors are Patrick Anderson, Brian Bridges, Charron Davis, Micah Dingler, Evan Poole, Sam Schultz, George Stabler, Matthew Velker, Michael Anderson, Mack Barry, Brian Fleming, Bill Gaik, Ryan Gooch, Flip Hayner, Dr. Ed Hendricks, Roger Schwartz, Kyle Thurmond,and Kallan Williams. And the bass singers include Jeremy Bishop, Thomas Dunbar, Jack Foster, Justin Freeman, Robin Oscar, David Volk, Allen Wheeler, Thomas Barnes, Daniel Burns, Len Cohen, Billy Daniel, Bob Lackey, Saul Olvera-Rubio, Kenny Rainey, Justin Reames, and Edward Taylor. -30- |
More than 130 local
singers will take part in this year's 'Concert of Lessons and Carols' featuring
the Piedmont Chorale and the Habersham Central High School Singers.