Winter Concert - December 16

The band and chorus students are working hard toward their performance in the annual Winter Concert on Thursday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.  Both groups are tackling some challenging music for this annual program.  We have always included a variety of seasonal music and this year is no exception.  As Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Dowell have worked with the groups this year, we have determined that we should perform a couple of combined songs, so we have selected a special arrangement of "Silent Night" that is just about the coolest arrangement of this traditional song that we have ever heard.  We hope that you will enjoy it.  And, we plan to close the program with a "Christmas Finale" that combines three favorite seasonal songs into a very nice arrangement for band and chorus.  The band is even planning a few "sing-a-long" traditional songs during its part of the program.  We hope that you look forward to our presentations and will make a point of attending this year's Winter Concert.

For this year's program, we decided to move to an atmosphere that is more suitable for our concerts.  We have received permission to use the West Auditorium in the Nauvoo Historic Visitors Center.  This intimate hall is designed for musical presentations, has a nice stage and lighting for the performers, and comfortable seating for the audience.  We have missed performing in the old Academy Auditorium and this seems a suitable replacement for our concerts.  We hope that you will like this venue and will support our decision by attending our concert there.

IMEA District Concert Festival

We successfully completed the day Saturday and all students had a really good time and learned a whole lot.  Congratulations to Devon and Ariel for their selection and participation in the Junior Band and Orchestra.  Both have said that they are looking forward to participating again next year.

Next, we look forward to our Winter Concert on December 16.  We have finalized our location for the concert.  We are going to hold the concert in the very nice auditorium in the Historic Visitors Center in Nauvoo.  This is a very nice auditorium that will provide our students the opportunity to sing and play in a hall designed for concerts and musical programs.  The program will begin at 7:00.  So, you'll want to save the date and be sure to come to our JH Choral and Instrumental Winter Program