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Free Holiday Concert in Volcano
The Volcano Art Center presents its 19th Annual Holiday Concert, "Peace on Earth," on Wednesday, December 20 at 7 p.
m. at KMC Theater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. The concert is VAC’s yearly "gift of music" to the community: a free performance of music, song, and dance, complete with an audience sing-along of traditional Christmas carols.
"It’s an evening of fun for the whole family," says concert coordinator Susan McGovern. "Our 2006 theme promotes ‘Peace on Earth’ this holiday season--and all year long."
One of the many special treats for this year’s concert is the guest appearance of Greg Shepherd, a classically trained bass-baritone who is traveling from Kaua‘i to sing Franz Schubert’s exquisitely beautiful "Ave Maria.
" Shepherd has been Music Professor at Kaua‘i Community College since 1988; is director of the highly acclaimed Garden Island Singers; teaches voice, chorus, piano, music theory, and drama; and is currently appearing in the lead role of Emile DeBecque in a professional dinner-theater production of the musical "South Pacific."
"We are delighted to have a vocalist of Greg’s caliber join us for this festive evening of yuletide entertainment and to lead the audience in the carol sing-along," McGovern says.
Volcano resident Ron Serrao, who also emceed in 2005, returns to the stage to introduce the following performers: Na Mohai Aloha O Ka Laua‘e, the Ha‘aheo Elementary School hula students of kumu hula John Ku’uhoamele Cuban, who were a hit last year with their keiki hula; the Volcano Chamber Players, a classical chamber music ensemble playing Bach and "Winter’s Complaint," an original composition by Susanella Noble; and the Hilo High Ambassadors, the award-winning choral group directed by Volcano’s own Wendell Ing.
Also on the line-up are Marsha Hee and Howard Shapiro, doing a Christmas reading and original song, "Listen to the Forest," which shares a message from the misty rain forest; the middle school students of Volcano School of Arts Sciences, led by music teacher Kolea Quincey; Shizuno Nasu, a classically trained dancer who performs to a solo played by flutist Susanella Noble; the third graders of Volcano School of Arts Sciences, presenting an excerpt from the spring musical "Memoir of a Water Droplet" led by performers Dina Kageler and Kate Schuerch; and VAC’s Holiday Hula Class, the students of kumu hula Ab Valencia doing an opening chant and a special Christmas hula.
VAC’s holiday concert runs for 90 minutes with no intermission, and is free--though calabash donations are welcome. Seating is first-come, first-seated (with no tickets necessary).
Dress warmly for cool Volcano weather, and carpool if possible due to limited parking. For more information, please contact VAC at 967-8222 or visit .
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Julie Mitchell
Education Coordinator
Volcano Art Center
PO Box 129
Volcano, HI 96785
Phone: (808) 967-8222
Fax: (808) 967-8512
Email:
Julie Mitchell
Education Coordinator
Volcano Art Center
PO Box 129
Volcano, HI 96785
Phone: (808) 967-8222
Fax: (808) 967-8512
Email:
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