ECC Starts Christmas Music This Week

The Christmas season is always a favorite with the Evanston Civic Chorus, and we're excited to jump into new music this week on Wednesday, Nov. 16th.  This is a great time to join us!

We've got a couple of holiday events scheduled so far:

• December 1st - We're planning to be in the Parade of Lights as Christmas carolers.  In the past we've strolled around downtown singing in different businesses.  This year we're planning to sing our carols on a float in the parade.  
• December 18th - We're hosting the 3rd biennial Evanston Community Christmas Gala concert.

Evanston Community Christmas Gala

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

7:00 p.m.

Davis Middle School

Free Admission

2009 - Combined Choir and Orchestra

The Civic Chorus and Chamber Choir will each prepare a song for the Gala. In addition, the Chorus will form the nucleus of a combined choir which will sing "O Holy Night," accompanied by the Evanston Civic Orchestra.  We formed a combined choir for the 2009 Gala and it was a great success.  We already have several local church choral groups signed up to be in the Gala and in the combined choir.

All singers in the Evanston area are invited to be in the combined choir.  If you don't belong to a participating choral group, come sing with the Civic Chorus!  Even if you are in a different choral group, come sing with us.  I'm involved in three different choirs this year, plus the orchestra.  It's great fun!

I hope to see many of you on Wednesday at 7:00 in the EHS choir room!

 by Sara

A Fun Fall Concert at the Library - Oct. 29, 2011

Evanston Civic Chorus

We had our fall concert on Saturday, October 29th.  This was our second concert in the Uinta County Library, and unlike last time, I didn't feel strange at all making noise in the library.  I mean making music in the library.

Chamber Choir

We had a small but very appreciative audience for our short but very fun concert.  This was the debut of the newly formed Chamber Choir, a subgroup of the Chorus.  The Chorus and Chamber Choir each performed three songs.  This was the program:
Civic Chorus

• Sing Out This Triumphant Day
• Lift Me Up
• Everything

Chamber Choir

• Were You There?
• In the Valley Below
• O Vos Omnes

Thanks to Glen for taking video and pictures of the concert. 

by Sara

Evanston Arts: Annie Get Your Gun!

We just had a great fall concert last Saturday, and many of our ECC members are busy again in performances for the next two weekends.  Sagebrush Theatre presents Annie Get Your Gun!, with Heather Blackwell as Annie and our own ECC director, Kirk Young, as Frank Butler.

Annie Get Your Gun!

November 4,5,11,12
Matinee at 2:00 (Sat.), Dinner 6:00, Evening Show 7:00
ESC Annex Theater (10th and Summit)
Tickets: $12.00 adult, $10.00 senior/student, $13.00 extra for dinner

Dinner will be catered by Suds Bros Brewery.  Choose from two cowboy dinner options and make your reservation any day between 2:00 and 5:00 (444-SUDS).  Tickets for the show can be purchased at the door, or in advance at Main St. Artisans, Chamber of Commerce, or Water of Life.

The musical is family friendly, and kids as young as 5 years old are being encouraged to dress up as cowboys and cowgirls.

by Sara