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17th 'Concert of Lessons and Carols' to ring in the holidays at Piedmont College (11-22-05) 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. 2, and again on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the college's Center for Worship and Music in Demorest. This is the 17th anniversary of the annual concert, which will include readings from the story of the birth of Christ, accompanied by choral pieces. The concert is free and everyone is invited. 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 Wallace Hinson, with assistant conductor Micah Dingler. The Habersham Central High School Singers are directed by Bobby Ivey. Accompanists include organist James Mellichamp and pianists Joy Hayner and Bethany Fisher. The concert also will include brass performances by Brad Whitwell, Colin Jones, Sarah Bandfield, Patricia Jameson, and Saul Olvera-Rubio. Readers will include the Rev. Ashley Cook, Betsey Blakeslee, David Greene, Garen Simmons, Lores Hauck, Barbara Steinhaus-Jordan, Tim Lytle, Barbara Crosson, Stephen Whited and Curtis Bradford. Members of the Habersham Singers include Kelsea Bentley, John Burke, Portia Burns, Katie Cashion, Jared Cox, Amanda Demore, Ashley Dockery, Amber Dodd, Rhiannon Edwards, Dana Emig, Jessie Finley, Josette Gilbert, Collier Hatchett, Leah Holcomb, Casey Lopez, Kyle Maxwell, Krista McGugan, Colleen Mims, P.J. Mitchell, Josh Moore, Amanda Murphy, Jenna Parrish, Cathy Rice, Cassie Shaver, Kristy Simmons, Hope Sosebee, Devorio Tate, Amber Watson, Krys Whitfield, and Kayla Wilson. The members of the Piedmont Chorale include sopranos Margit Adams, Jennifer Babel, Heather Barcroft, Rebecca Barnes, Maralyn Bell, Sue Blair, Edna Brescia, Susan Brown, Ruth Bunn, Jean Calef, Memrie Cox, Leah Cunningham, Leah Della Torre, Mary Garrison, Amanda Ghann, Emily Giardina, Paula Gibson, Rachel Hamilton, Mary Harlan, Ethel Henderson, Carolyn Hill, Beverly Holbrook, Wilma Humphries, Bri Hyatt, Carole Jackson, Kristin Johnson, Martha Kaulbach, Jeanette Lackey, Sarah Jean Miller, Laurie Mullinax, Laura Owenby, Betty Ridley, Lindsey Robbins, Glad Simmons, Margaret Stabler, Kristen Taylor, Stefanie Watkins, Virginia Webb, and Rebecca Yarbrough. Altos are Maria Arenas, Brenda Boonstra, Courtney Branson, Karen Brown, Tina Evans, Bethany Fisher, Michelle Goulet, Krystal Grantham, Susan Johnson, Haley Jordan, Shirley Leavens, TaShara Lee, Doris Mallard, Bev Mannes, Melinda McClenahan, Barbara McKinley, Abbey Meents, Rita Myers, Sandy Oscar, Amy Pointer, Sylvia Price, Jane Ann Quartel, Ashley Rittenour, Katie Robinson, Jessica Snider, Miriam Strong, Ethel Tanner, Jamie Telford, Heather Thomas, Alicia Varner, and Susan Vickers. Tenors include Patrick Anderson, Mack Barry, Lincoln Blackwood, Charron Davis, Thomas Dunbar, Micah Dingler, Bill Gaik, William Gillow, Patrick Hawkins, Greg Holder, Ray Kreiner, Gene Mallard, Wally Smith, George Stabler, Kyle Thurmond, Kallan Williams, and Van Wunderlich. Bass singers are Thomas Barnes, Jeremy Bishop, Daniel Burns, Len Cohen, Jack Foster, Kirk Grizzle, Phillip Hayner, Larry Holbrook, John Paul Jordan, Bob Lackey, Saul Olvera-Rubio, Robin Oscar, Evan Poole, Daniel Showalter, Allen Wheeler, and Jamie Wyman-Blackburn. -30- |
