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By Westfield Community Band
12/7/2009
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The Westfield Community Band and the Edison Intermediate School Broadway Singers will present the 19th Annual Holiday Concert sponsored by the Westfield Recreation Department. The concert will be held on Wednesday, December 9th at 7:30pm in the Edison Intermediate School auditorium, 800 Rahway Avenue in Westfield.
The band will look through a variety of cultures and traditions with features such as "Chanukah is Here" a celebration of Hebrew Folk music arranged by Calvin Custer. Traditional favorites in this arrangement include "Chanukah, Chanukah"; "I Had a Little Dreidl", and "Rock of Ages".
An additional feature for the evening is the performance of "Fantasia for Christmas" which is based in "The Ukranian Bell Carol" by Elliot Del Borgo, a holiday favorite.
Additional selections by the band will include "Holiday Spectacular"; "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"; "Chorale and Alleluia"; and Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
The Edison Intermediate School’s Broadway Singers will perform a variety of holiday favorites through the evening. Directed by Kristine Smith-Morasso and Kenneth Horn, the Broadway Singers are an extra-curricular singing group made up of select seventh and eighth students that tours regularly outside of the school district.
The band and choir will conclude the concert with a joint performance of "Hallelujah Chorus" by George Frederick Handel.
The concert is free to the public. For further information regarding the holiday concert, please contact the Westfield Recreation Department, (908) 789-4080 or go to the band’s website at www.westfieldcommunityband.com.
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