Historical December 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Young Singers of Missouri will present their annual Christmas program at Grace United Methodist Church, Skinker and Waterman, on Saturday, December 8, at 3 p.m.
The performance will combine the musical talents of over 250 singers from the seven rehearsal units of the Young Singers organization at both the Grace Methodist and St. Charles locations.
The concert will be repeated in St. Charles at Ridgecrest Baptist Church (located at Interstate 70 and Highway 94) on Saturday, December 15, at 3 p.m. Featured on the performance will be Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, with Laura Hearne, harpist. Heather McDuffee, Will Smith, and Donald Chaffer will be featured soloists.
The Birds of Christmas, to be performed by the 85-voice combined Intermediate choruses, is a Christmas play which will tell, through narration and carols, the old legend that on Christmas Eve the animals could speak. Members of the Missouri Youth Chorale —the unit of Young Singers for high school and college age youth—will present a short concert of madrigals and Christmas carols, dressed in elegant Elizabethan costumes. Kenneth and Leona Greenlaw are the directors of The Young Singers of Missouri and the Missouri Youth Chorale.
The Young Singers of Missouri is a community not-for-profit choral organization for young people in grades one through college.
These concerts are part of the Tenth Anniversary celebration of the founding of The Young Singers of Missouri. Auditions are now being scheduled for the spring term, which will begin February 7.
For further information, or to schedule an audition, call 946-4579 or 863-1992.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1984.
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