WCHS Performing Arts Dept. Presents Sixth Annual Christmas Gala Sunday
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Sounds of Christmas will ring out Sunday from Warsaw Community High School when the Performing Arts Department presents its sixth annual Christmas Gala. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center auditorium and will feature students from the band, choir, dance, orchestra and select theater. General admission is $5. It all starts off with a reading of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” by the band with the select theater. That will be followed up by the jazz band with performances of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “Hot Chocolate.” Select Chorale will then perform “Happy Holidays/Auld Lang Syne,” and then “Syne, Breath of Heaven” in partnership with dance teacher Anne Jordan. Part I of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” will be performed by select theater. The orchestra will perform “Let It Snow,” “Greensleeves” and “Carol of the Bells.” “Go Tell it on the Mountain” and “Mary’s Lullaby to the Infant King” will be performed by the concert choir, followed by the sax ensemble’s performance of “Frosty the Snowman.” Dance II students will conclude the first half of the gala with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” After intermission, the percussion ensemble will start the second half of the gala with “Little Drummer Boy.” The festival choir will sing the “Frozen Suite,” followed by the brass choir’s performance of “Good Christian Friends Rejoice” and “Angels We Have Heard on High.” A dance quartet will entertain with “Winter Song.” Part II of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” will be acted out by the select theater. The clarinet choir will play “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” “Carol of the Bells,” arranged by WCHS senior Jordan Fredericks, will be performed by the select chorale. The gala then concludes with “Silent Night.” The clarinet and brass choirs, saxophone and percussion ensembles and jazz band are under the direction of Mickey Ratliff and Emily Mikel. The select chorale and festival choir are under the direction of Thomas Hall. Dancers are under the direction of Anne Jordan, while the select theater is under the direction of Dana McAfee. The orchestra is under the direction of Carolyn Stalcup.
