As published by Niagara This Week, November 25, 2011
Annual Christmas event takes place Dec. 11
The Rotary Christmas Choral Concert will again be returning to the Shaw Festival.
This year’s event will feature 10 area choirs who will fill the Festival Theatre with the sounds and spirit of Christmas. The inter-denominational event features choirs from Bethany Mennonite Church (including the Niagara Bethany Handbell Choir), Evergreen Singers, Grace United Church, Niagara Star Singers, Niagara United Mennonite Church, Queenston Ladies Choir, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, St. Mark’s Anglican Church, St. Vincent de Paul Church, and the Young Singers of Niagara.
“This event really does define what our wonderful community is all about — bringing joy to the residents of Niagara through music,” said Ward Simpson, president of the Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake. “This year we welcome back some favourite choirs and we’ll see the addition of young singers from the community to carry on the tradition. This year’s massed choir, with almost two hundred voices, rejoicing on The Shaw’s Festival Theatre stage promises to be the highlight of the Christmas season — don’t miss it!”
The 11th annual Christmas Choral Concert will take place on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Shaw Festival. All proceeds from the event will benefit the community programs at Rotary House in Niagara Falls, Youth Unlimited in St. Catharines, Adrie’s House of Hope in South Africa and Sleeping Children Around the World — providing bed kits for children in underdeveloped countries.
Tickets for the fundraiser are $20 for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased in person at Simpson’s Pharmasave and Simpson’s Apothecary in Niagara-on-the-Lake, as well as at the Shaw Festival Box Office and participating area churches. Tickets can also be purchased from any Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotarian. For more information, visit www.rotary-niagara.com. Tickets will not be available for purchase on the night of the concert so it’s important to purchase in advance.
