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12 • THE AMHERST CITIZEN • D E C E M B E R 1 , 2 0 0 9 • w w w . a m h e r s t c i t i z e n . c o m Holiday Music and Performances Northern Ballet Theatre Dance Centre Presents Holiday Premier of “Clara’s Christmas Dream” Performance dates are December 18th at 7:30 pm & December 19th at 2:00 pm at Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH NASHUA –Northern Ballet eatre is showcasing their first full holiday performance featur- ing brand new costumes, sets, and choreography. is original holiday performance will include guest art- ists from Northern Ballet eatre’s professional company. Clara’s Christmas Dream puts a different spin on the classical ballet e Nutcracker, and adds creativ- ity, flair, and fun to its all new cho- reography. e characters and plot remain similar to the story of e Nutcracker; Clara’s Dream begins with her family hosting a Christ- mas Party on Christmas Eve with plenty of guests and festive danc- ing. Clara’s favorite Uncle Drossel- meyer arrives with many magical gifts. Drosselmeyer’s special gift for Clara is a toy soldier doll, who is actually Drosselmeyer’s nephew. A spell has been placed on him by the wicked Mouse Queen. Drossel- meyer weaves his magic and brings the toy soldier to life. He must fight the Mouse Queen in order to be able to fall in love. Clara witnesses the battle between the quirky mice, tap- ping soldiers and the Mouse Queen. Clara helps defeat the Mouse Queen and the soldier doll now become’s Clara’s Prince. Clara’s wish to find her true love has now come true. e Prince and Clara begin a mys- tical journey through the Land of Snow and then to the Lovely Palace of the Sweets. Clara and her Prince are then greeted by the delicate an- gels and the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy and are invited to be enter- tained by the delicious Sweets of the Palace. “is is an exciting opportunity for the students of Northern Ballet eatre Dance Centre, to be able to perform in their very own produc- tion” says Artistic Director, Do- reen Cafarella.” Performances like this really help the students bring out their performance qualities on- stage.” is premier performance is sure to bring joy, merriment, and smiles to the audience this holiday season. Taking place in the mod- ern day, audiences will be captivated by the exciting music and eclectic dance styles. Join Northern Ballet eatre for their exciting premier performance at the Keefe Auditorium located on Elm Street in Nashua. Call 889- 8408 for reserved ticket prices of $15 for children age 12 and under and $20 VIP Tickets. For informa- tion visit www.nbtdc.com or find us on facebook. 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The Dana Center Presents The Barra MacNeils “A Celtic Christmas” MANCHESTER - e Dana Cen- ter, regional performing arts center at Saint Anselm College upholds its venerable tradition of showcasing spectacular performing artists from the world roster by presenting e Barra MacNeils for one evening per- formance only on Friday, December 4, at 8p.m. ey are back by popular demand and just in time in the line up of favorite family holiday tradi- tions. is concert showcases one of Canada’s Premier Celtic groups from Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Steeped in Cape Breton Tradition with strong Celtic roots and musi- cal artistry, this diverse and talented family group continues to wow au- diences around the world with their gorgeous vocals, sweet sibling har- monies, and extraordinary musi- cianship. Canada’s Celtic ambassa- dors continue to perform to sold out audiences throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom. From head- lining major festivals such as the Celtic Roots International Festival in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, to their numerous award nominations in- cluding the Celtic Fusion Award for best folk group, the accomplished performers have earned recognition through their energetic and enter- taining performances. roughout 2007 and 2008, the Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Island based family group, the Barra Mac- Neils, celebrated over 20 years in an outstanding recording and touring career. is was accented with a two CD special 20th Anniversary pack- age covering the span of their en- tire career to that point, as well as live concerts reflecting the musical course of their career, from humble family beginnings to world wide ac- claim. e concert touring in sup- port of that project took the group to theatre and festival stages coast to coast across Canada, had them jetting across America from festival stage to theatre stage and beyond, as well as sending them to Ireland and Scotland for prestigious events across the Atlantic. Come join us for this very spe- cial night, a Celtic Christmas cele- bration!. For more information on e Barra MacNeils visit the Dana Center website at www.anselm.edu/ dana .. Reserved Seating: $29.50, Se- nior Citizens, $25.50, NH College/ University Students $12.50. e Box Office is open Monday-Friday from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM. For tick- ets and information, call 641-7700 or now conveniently buy online at www.anselm.edu/dana COURTESY PHOTO The Barra MacNeils will join us for one performance only on December 4. “Celebrating The Splendor Of Creation” KSC Concert Choir Features British Composers Souhegan Valley Chorus Presents 30th Annual Holiday Concert, “A Family Christmas Spectacular!” AMHERST – Come and Enjoy a Special Evening on Sunday, De- cember 13th! e Souhegan Valley Chorus will present its 30th An- nual Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 13th at 7:30 p.m. in the Souhegan High School Auditorium in Amherst. e program, “A Family Christ- mas Spectacular!” will feature a se- lection of holiday favorites includ- ing; “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph, e Red Nosed Reindeer”, wonderful classics “We ree Kings”, “I Won- der As I Wander”, the rich harmo- nies of “Gloria”, “Alleluia Noel” and many more! e Souhegan Valley Chorus is under the direction of Jennifer K. Erdody. Jennifer is presently the Choral Director at the Milford High School and a staff member of the Boys and Girls Club School of e- ater Arts. Our accompanist, Laura Kennedy, is known nationally and internationally as a chamber mu- sician and solo performer. Also performing this evening, the me- lodic sounds of e Valleyaires, an a capella group that will be singing “Parade Of e Wooden Soldiers”, “Fum, Fum, Fum” and “Angels We Have Heard On High”. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for stu- dents/seniors. Tickets can be pur- chased from chorus members, at e Toadstool Bookshop in Milford, at the door or by calling 673-7573. For more information, please visit our website: www.wolaver.org/SVC. COURTESY PHOTO The Souhegan Valley Chorus performs December 13 at SHS Auditorium. Beard & Boyd Insurance Agency, LLC 8 Main Street, Amherst, NH 03031 • 603-673-7228 • www.beardboyd.com WE INVITE YOU TO SHOP LOCALLY AND STOP BY OUR OFFICE FOR A FREE COMPETITIVE QUOTE ON YOUR HOME AND AUTO POLICIES. On the Village Green KEENE – e KSC Concert Choir will perform their fall concert featuring British composers on Sun- day, December 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. Ad- mission is $10 for the general public and $5 for KSC students, senior citi- zens, and youth ages 17 and young- er. For tickets, call the box office at 603-358-2168. e KSC Concert Choir, conduct- ed by music faculty member Diane Cushing, will celebrate the splen- dor of creation with songs by British composers. ey will perform the U.S. premiere of e Eternal Sun by John Tavener, as well as his e Lamb. Also performed will be For the Splendor of Creation by Gus- tav Holst, My Spirit Sang All Day by Gerald Finzi, and the seven move- ments of John Rutter’s Magnificat. English folksongs by Ralph Vaughn Williams and When She Loved Me by Randy Newman and arranged by KSC student composer and mu- sic technology major Timothy Price ’11 will also be performed. e choir will be accompanied by KSC faculty member Scott White. Cushing has been heard as soloist with the Master Works Chorale of Boston, Boston Baroque, the Ham- ilton Baroque Ensemble, the Cape Cod Chorale, the Bach Society, the Neponsett Choral Society, the ay- er Symphony Orchestra, the Assa- bet Valley Mastersingers, and the Monadnock Chorus and Orches- tra. Cushing has also been heard in Boston’s premiere of Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 with bassoons, and in Worcester’s criti- cally acclaimed performance of the poetry of Stanley Kunitz, set to mu- sic by composer David McKay. She is the founder and director of the Greater Gardner Youth Choir and the Mount Wachusett Community Choir, and was recently appointed director of the Nashua Choral Soci- ety. Cushing currently teaches voice at Keene State and at Assumption College. Next Issue: December 15 Deadline: December 9
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Holiday Music and Performances
Northern Ballet Theatre Dance Centre Presents Holiday Premier of “Clara’s Christmas Dream”Performance dates are December 18th at 7:30 pm & December 19th at 2:00 pm at Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH
Nashua –Northern Ballet Theatre is showcasing their first full holiday performance featur-ing brand new costumes, sets, and choreography. This original holiday performance will include guest art-ists from Northern Ballet Theatre’s professional company.
Clara’s Christmas Dream puts a different spin on the classical ballet The Nutcracker, and adds creativ-ity, flair, and fun to its all new cho-reography. The characters and plot remain similar to the story of The Nutcracker; Clara’s Dream begins with her family hosting a Christ-mas Party on Christmas Eve with plenty of guests and festive danc-ing. Clara’s favorite uncle Drossel-meyer arrives with many magical gifts. Drosselmeyer’s special gift for Clara is a toy soldier doll, who is actually Drosselmeyer’s nephew. a spell has been placed on him by the wicked Mouse Queen. Drossel-meyer weaves his magic and brings the toy soldier to life. he must fight the Mouse Queen in order to be able to fall in love. Clara witnesses the battle between the quirky mice, tap-ping soldiers and the Mouse Queen. Clara helps defeat the Mouse Queen and the soldier doll now become’s Clara’s Prince. Clara’s wish to find
her true love has now come true. The Prince and Clara begin a mys-tical journey through the Land of snow and then to the Lovely Palace of the sweets. Clara and her Prince are then greeted by the delicate an-gels and the beautiful sugar Plum Fairy and are invited to be enter-tained by the delicious sweets of the Palace.
“This is an exciting opportunity for the students of Northern Ballet Theatre Dance Centre, to be able to perform in their very own produc-tion” says artistic Director, Do-reen Cafarella.” Performances like this really help the students bring out their performance qualities on-stage.” This premier performance is sure to bring joy, merriment, and smiles to the audience this holiday season. Taking place in the mod-ern day, audiences will be captivated by the exciting music and eclectic dance styles.
Join Northern Ballet Theatre for their exciting premier performance at the Keefe auditorium located on Elm street in Nashua. Call 889-8408 for reserved ticket prices of $15 for children age 12 and under and $20 VIP Tickets. For informa-tion visit www.nbtdc.com or find us on facebook.
The Prince and Clara dance to “Clara’s Christmas Dream” during the Holiday Premiere, December 18 and 19 in Nashua, at the Keefe Auditorium. Courtesy photo
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The Dana Center Presents
The Barra MacNeils
“A Celtic Christmas”
MaNChEsTER - The Dana Cen-ter, regional performing arts center at saint anselm College upholds its venerable tradition of showcasing spectacular performing artists from the world roster by presenting The Barra MacNeils for one evening per-formance only on Friday, December 4, at 8p.m. They are back by popular demand and just in time in the line up of favorite family holiday tradi-tions. This concert showcases one of Canada’s Premier Celtic groups from sydney Mines, Nova scotia. steeped in Cape Breton Tradition with strong Celtic roots and musi-cal artistry, this diverse and talented family group continues to wow au-diences around the world with their gorgeous vocals, sweet sibling har-monies, and extraordinary musi-cianship. Canada’s Celtic ambassa-dors continue to perform to sold out audiences throughout Canada, the united states, the Caribbean, and the united Kingdom. From head-lining major festivals such as the Celtic Roots International Festival in Cape Breton Nova scotia, to their numerous award nominations in-cluding the Celtic Fusion award for best folk group, the accomplished performers have earned recognition through their energetic and enter-taining performances.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, the sydney Mines, Cape Breton Island based family group, the Barra Mac-Neils, celebrated over 20 years in an outstanding recording and touring career. This was accented with a two CD special 20th anniversary pack-age covering the span of their en-tire career to that point, as well as live concerts reflecting the musical course of their career, from humble family beginnings to world wide ac-claim. The concert touring in sup-port of that project took the group to theatre and festival stages coast to coast across Canada, had them jetting across america from festival stage to theatre stage and beyond, as well as sending them to Ireland and scotland for prestigious events across the atlantic.
Come join us for this very spe-cial night, a Celtic Christmas cele-bration!. For more information on The Barra MacNeils visit the Dana Center website at www.anselm.edu/dana .. Reserved seating: $29.50, se-nior Citizens, $25.50, Nh College/university students $12.50. The Box Office is open Monday-Friday from 10:00 aM to 4:30 PM. For tick-ets and information, call 641-7700 or now conveniently buy online at www.anselm.edu/dana
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The Barra MacNeils will join us for one performance only on December 4.
“Celebrating The Splendor Of Creation” KSC Concert Choir Features British Composers
Souhegan Valley Chorus Presents
30th Annual Holiday Concert, “A Family Christmas Spectacular!”
aMhERsT – Come and Enjoy a special Evening on sunday, De-cember 13th! The souhegan Valley Chorus will present its 30th an-nual holiday Concert on sunday, December 13th at 7:30 p.m. in the souhegan high school auditorium in amherst.
The program, “a Family Christ-mas spectacular!” will feature a se-lection of holiday favorites includ-ing; “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer”, wonderful classics “We Three Kings”, “I Won-der as I Wander”, the rich harmo-nies of “Gloria”, “alleluia Noel” and many more!
The souhegan Valley Chorus is under the direction of Jennifer K. Erdody. Jennifer is presently the
Choral Director at the Milford high school and a staff member of the Boys and Girls Club school of The-ater arts. Our accompanist, Laura Kennedy, is known nationally and internationally as a chamber mu-sician and solo performer. also performing this evening, the me-lodic sounds of The Valleyaires, an a capella group that will be singing “Parade Of The Wooden soldiers”, “Fum, Fum, Fum” and “angels We have heard On high”. admission is $15 for adults and $10 for stu-dents/seniors. Tickets can be pur-chased from chorus members, at The Toadstool Bookshop in Milford, at the door or by calling 673-7573. For more information, please visit our website: www.wolaver.org/sVC.
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The Souhegan Valley Chorus performs December 13 at SHS Auditorium.
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On the Village Green
KEENE – The KsC Concert Choir will perform their fall concert featuring British composers on sun-day, December 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the alumni Recital hall of the Redfern arts Center on Brickyard Pond. ad-mission is $10 for the general public and $5 for KsC students, senior citi-zens, and youth ages 17 and young-er. For tickets, call the box office at 603-358-2168.
The KsC Concert Choir, conduct-ed by music faculty member Diane Cushing, will celebrate the splen-dor of creation with songs by British composers. They will perform the u.s. premiere of The Eternal sun by John Tavener, as well as his The Lamb. also performed will be For the splendor of Creation by Gus-tav holst, My spirit sang all Day by Gerald Finzi, and the seven move-ments of John Rutter’s Magnificat. English folksongs by Ralph Vaughn Williams and When she Loved Me by Randy Newman and arranged
by KsC student composer and mu-sic technology major Timothy Price ’11 will also be performed. The choir will be accompanied by KsC faculty member scott White.
Cushing has been heard as soloist with the Master Works Chorale of Boston, Boston Baroque, the ham-ilton Baroque Ensemble, the Cape Cod Chorale, the Bach society, the Neponsett Choral society, the Thay-er symphony Orchestra, the assa-bet Valley Mastersingers, and the Monadnock Chorus and Orches-tra. Cushing has also been heard in Boston’s premiere of Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 with bassoons, and in Worcester’s criti-cally acclaimed performance of the poetry of stanley Kunitz, set to mu-sic by composer David McKay. she is the founder and director of the Greater Gardner Youth Choir and the Mount Wachusett Community Choir, and was recently appointed director of the Nashua Choral soci-ety. Cushing currently teaches voice at Keene state and at assumption College.
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