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04 Dec 02 - 03:36 AM (#840173) Subject: Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: Haruo Tomorrow (December 4) 7:30 pm 2002 Holiday Concert Fremont Community Church (formerly Fremont Baptist Church) 717 N 36th St, Seattle (1 block W of Troll, 2 blocks E of Lenin) Admission Free - All Are Welcome - Refreshments will be served (donation of nonperishables to food bank encouraged) The Fremont Community Church Choir [aka Fremont Baptist Choir] Catherine Gribos, Director Verne M. Eke, Pianist/Organist An Organ Fanfare Will We Know Him? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Besig Words by Nancy Price and Don Besig Duet: Star of the East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Kennedy Gordon Smith, tenor Reiff Olsen, baritone Carol for Advent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Besig Words by Nancy Price and Don Besig Flute Solo by Debbie Clement Duet: Wondrous Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Folk Hymn Arr. by Richard Walters Suzanne Walter, Soprano — Marc Walter, tenor Quartet: Jesus Is Born Today . . . . . . . Traditional Japanese Carol Arr. by Michael Larkin Suzanne Walter — Marc Walter Catherine Gribos — Reiff Olsen In Bethlehem a Babe Was Born . . . . . . . . . . . . John Carter Words by Mary Kay Beall — II — Words of Welcome Rev. Jay Zaremba, Pastor Fremont Community Church — III — Cantique de Noël Duet: O Holy Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adolphe Adam Sue Cobb, soprano — Ralph Cobb, tenor — IV — Songs of Christmas Mark and Suzanne Walter (The audience is encouraged to sing.) — V — The Swedish Women's Chorus Florence Messler, Director and Conductor Carol Lawson, President A Gift for Every Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally K. Albrecht Nu är det jul igen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Ur "Julklappen" Nu ha vi ljus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Ur "Julklappen" Hej, tomtegubbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. by Joseph Jonsson Do You Hear What I Hear? . . . . . . . . . . Regney & Shayne Änglarna och herdarna . . . . . . . . . Gammal Bomisk Julvis Solo by Marilyn Takamaw Carol of the Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine K. Davis The Most Wonderful Time of the Year . . . . . . . . . . Eddie Pola & George Wyle No Golden Carriage, No Bright Toy . . . . . Gilbert Martin Klang, min vackra bjällra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polska Land That We Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Gallina — VI — "In the Holiday Spirit" Sharry and Micheal O'Hara Sue Burgayne, pianist Pine Cones and Holly Berries . . . . Meredith Willson Christmas in Killarney . . . . . . . . . . John Redmond, James Cavanaugh, Frank Weldon Christmas Gifts . . . . .Joe Raposo / Sheldon Harnick Thank You for Your Love . . . . . . . . . . . . Harvey Schmidt / Tom Jones Twelve Days After Christmas . . . . Frederick Silver The Secret of Christmas . . . . . . James Van Heusen Cradle Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Gersmeth Joseph, a Witness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Card Mary, Did You Know . . . Mark Lowry / Buddy Green Peace on Earth . . . . . . . . Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke Haruo |
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04 Dec 02 - 10:04 AM (#840374) Subject: RE: Church Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: SharonA Okay, now it's TODAY, December 4! |
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04 Dec 02 - 03:20 PM (#840681) Subject: RE: Church Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: Haruo Yes, the concert is this evening. Should be fun. Certainly eclectic. 12:10 pm just printed the first clean copy of the program. God willing and the Canal don't rise, it'll all be printed and folded by 7 pm! Haruo |
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05 Dec 02 - 10:20 AM (#841402) Subject: RE: Church Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: SharonA So how'd the concert go, Haruo? |
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05 Dec 02 - 02:21 PM (#841635) Subject: RE: Church Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: Genie Wish I could have gone, Harou. Wrong week for me. BTW, I was gonna go to your church the Sunday after Thanksgiving, but I couldn't find you in citysearch.com's directory of churches. (I searched for ALL churches in the Fremont area, as well as for "community church," "baptist," and "methodist," just for good measure.) Do you folks have a website? Genie |
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06 Dec 02 - 01:33 AM (#842070) Subject: RE: Church Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: Haruo The concert was a great success, about 100 people (not bad for a weeknight) and even though it was almost two hours with no intermissions, nobody left early. Lots of canned goods amassed. The church choir and subsets thereof did quite well, as did the Cobbs. The Swedish ladies were a little less successful in my opinion; their soloists should have been miked, their accompanist was a little too heavy on the keys for their unamped voices. Their Swedish numbers were more successful than their English (though their rendition of "Do you hear what I hear" was very good, and the closing number, "Land That We Love", was very well done and, though patriotic (the soloist is mainly singing "America, the Beautiful" in counterpoint[?] to the rest of the chorus's "Land That We Love") was pro-peace and not jingoistic. But the O'Haras as usual capped it all off mightily. (They sang at our 2000 Holiday Concert, too, and were back "by popular demand".) They didn't disappoint. Though their selections were a bit more staid than two years ago. (That time they sang something from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; this time Twelve Days After Christmas was as risqué as they got.) Of course, we have room for another seventy or eighty people before we have to reinvent the balcony. So next year, come on up, Genie ;-) BTW, I may not be here (at the Fremont Church that is; hopefully I'll still be at the Mudcat Café!) next year. Y'never know. And if you do show up some Sunday morning unannounced, I probably won't be here. (I normally worship at Japanese Baptist in the morning, and Fremont in the evening; so PM me if you want me to be there.) Haruo |
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07 Dec 02 - 08:56 PM (#843280) Subject: RE: Church Christmas Concert 12/4 Seattle From: Haruo Oh, and I forgot to mention... I actually got an ovation for the job I did on the program. (The pastor was quite impressed, and I did indeed get a fair amount of applause when he made me stand and bow.) So in order to milk this for all it's worth (and share with friends and relatives worldwide, etc.) I've put scans of the program on a temporary page in my online hymnal: Haruo |