48 THE QUEENS COURIER • DECEMBER 8, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com s holidays 2016 Sacred Music Society holds Christmas concert in F.H. this weekend BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@qns.com/@A_GiudiceReport The Sacred Music Society of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in Forest Hills is preparing to get the community ready for the holiday season with their annual Christmas Concert this weekend. The Oratorio Society of Queens will join the Sacred Music Society to perform this concert on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m., under the artistic direction of Maestro David Close, the music director of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. The fi rst part of the concert includes highlights from the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah.” The performance features Geraldine McMillian, soprano; John Easterlin, tenor; and Vaughn Fritts, bass-baritone with the Orchestral Arts Ensemble of Queens. The second half of the concert features popular Christmas songs including Leroy Anderson’s ever-popular “Sleigh Ride,” “The First Nowell,” a musical meditation on this Christmas carol arranged by Mack Wilberg, and “Angels’ Carol” by John Rutter. Also featured in the show will be “A Christmas Cradle Song” by C.B. Hawley, specially arranged by Maestro David Close, Don Marsh’s “Ten Thousand Joys” and the always popular “The 12 Days of Christmas” arranged by Carmen Dragon, Oscar-winning Hollywood composer and arranger. “The concert is a much-anticipated event at the church as parishioners and friends begin their preparations for the Christmas season,” said Liliana Morales of Photo courtesy The Sacred Music Society the Sacred Music Society. “It is an annual tradition that brings the whole community together as the entire audience joins in singing their favorite Christmas carols with the chorus and full orchestra.” The concert is performed in the church which is located at 110-6 Queens Blvd. Tickets are $30 general admission and $10 for children 12 and under accompanied by an adult. For more information about the Christmas Concert call Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Rectory at 718-268-6251. The Sacred Music Society will hold their annual Christmas Concert at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in Forest Hills on Sunday. Girl Scouts serenade Santa Claus at tree lighting ceremony in Middle Village Photos by Anthony Giudice/QNS Santa Claus visited children at the Community United Methodist Church in Middle Village. BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@qns.com @A_GiudiceReport Everyone was a festive mood at the Community United Methodist Church on Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village on Dec. 2 as children of all ages awaited the arrival of the big man in the red suit. Santa Claus pulled up to the church just after 6 p.m. in a Mercury Comet Cyclone GT — decked out by the East Coast Car Association with holiday lights, tinsel, candy canes and bows — ringing his bell and lugging his bag of goodies for all to enjoy as children lined up along the sidewalk to greet him. Old St. Nick led the countdown to the tree lighting in front of the church. Once the tree was lit, members of Girl Scout Troop 4419 entertained the audience with their renditions of Christmas songs including “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Silent Night,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and other holiday jingles.
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