Music is a great way to celebrate the joy and peace of Christmas.  And the joy and peace of Christmas in magnified in our gathering together this blessed season!  Two area music ensembles invite you to a series of Christmas concerts designed to bring you together to hear again the message of the angels, the good news of the Baby Jesus born to all of us.

Three Christmas concerts will be performed by the Burt County Brass Quintet and the Bancroft Melody Chimers.  The Burt County Brass Quintet, Gary Fugman and Jim Groth, trumpets, Lisa Mutzenberger, French horn, Jess Watson, trombone and Viktor Sundleaf, tuba and the Bancroft Melody Chimers, Nichole Sachs, Janice Daberkow, Sharon Fugman, Marion Metzger, Connie Bargman, Peggy Renz, Ruth Ann Bargman, Rachael Macklin and Ken Headlee will perform together Sunday, December 13 at 2pm at the Neihardt Center in Bancroft, Sunday, December 13 at 5pm at the Swedish Heritage Center in Oakland (BCBQ only) and Saturday, December 19 at 1pm at the Lyons Library.

Musical selections by the Quintet will include “Here We Come A-Wassailing”, “Sleigh Ride”, “Silent Night”, “Most of the Twelve Days of Christmas” and “Joy to the World”.  Musical selections by the Chimers will include “Little Drummer Boy”, “Nutcracker Suites”, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain”.

Mark your callendars for Sunday, December 13 at 2 and 5pm and Saturday, December 19 at 1pm and enjoy the sounds of joy and peace this Christmas!

For more information about the Burt County Brass Quintet and future performances, please contact Gary, Jim, Lisa, Jess or Viktor.  For information about the Bancroft Melody Chimers and future performances, please contact Ken.

And a Merry Christmas from the Burt County Brass Quintet and the Bancroft Melody Chimers!