The Ashby Concert Band under the direction of Robert Healy will present their 7th annual Holiday Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 17 @ 4:00 pm at the Ashby Congregational Church.
The 33-piece professional band will present selections which include Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival”, Victor Herbert’s “March of the Toys”, The Carpenter’s “Merry Christmas Darling”, “The Toy Trumpet”, a big band medley of Christmas songs called “In a Christmas Mood” and a Boston Pops arrangement of ‘Good King Wenceslas” entitled “Good Swing Wenceslas”. Joining the band again this year will be the New Players Theatre Guild Festival Singers fresh off their Christmas performances in Templeton and on “Barbara and You”. The Guild Singers will perform “Irving Berlin’s Christmas”, “A Classical Christmas”, “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, “Let There Be Peace on Earth” along with two other Christmas medleys. In the tradition of the summer performances, the concert will end with Stars and Stripes Forever in a special Christmas arrangement.
Admission is free, and refreshments will be provided. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held on Sunday, December 18 @ 6 pm. This is a family friendly concert which celebrates the season and the long tradition of music in Ashby.
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