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A6 COMMUNITY East Oregonian Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Oregon East Symphony music festival wraps up holiday season Tickets still available for Dec. 14 concert By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian PENDLETON — The Oregon East Symphony will help ring in the season as they present the annual Hol- iday Music Festival. Billed as an ecumenical celebration of the holidays through song, the program features several ensembles, including the Oregon East Symphony and Chorale, Our Songs Are Alive, and the Pendleton Men’s Cho- rus. The event is Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20/seniors, $15/students or $65 for a family of four. The Oregon East Sym- phony and Chorale will per- form German baroque com- poser Heinrich Schütz’s Nativity setting, “The Christmas Story.” Com- Photo contributed by J.D. Kindle The Pendleton Men’s Chorus, under the direction of Bill Mayclin, upper right, will perform during the Holiday Music Festival on Dec. 14 at the Vert Auditorium in Pendleton. posed later in Schütz’s life, it was designed to be per- formed by a chorale and chamber orchestra. According to historical accounts, the work was vir- tually lost for more than two centuries after the compos- er’s death in 1672. In 1908, Arnold Schering discovered the choruses and interludes, which led to a resurgence of interest. The symphony’s cho- rale will perform a version arranged in 1949 by baroque musicologist Arthur Men- del for his vocal ensemble The Cantata Singers, said J.D. Kindle, OES executive director. Featured soloists include: sopranos Regina Braker, Lezlee Flagg and Karen Lange; tenors Norm Baton and Chris Leonard; and bass Bill Mayclin. Our Songs Are Alive, from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, will perform a variety of tradi- tional and modern songs. Audience members will be treated to the straight war dance, the circle dance, the fast and fancy dance, and the round-bustle dance, a genre that tribes from the Columbia Plateau are well known for, Kindle said. Accompanying the musi- cians will be dancers in rega- lia intended for each type of song. In addition, tribal member Charles Wood III will showcase a selection of songs performed on the hand drum as presented on his recently released debut album, “Honest to You.” Also, this year’s perfor- mance by Our Songs Are Alive will feature numerous youth dancers. Fred Hill Sr., a powwow emcee and fl uent speaker of Umatilla, coordi- nates the group. “If I hadn’t had encour- agement from my grand- parents to sing and dance, I don’t believe I’d be doing what I am today,” Hill said. “We always appreciate the invitation to perform and it gives us a lot of pride to watch our children sing and dance and carry on our traditions.” The evening will cre- scendo with the Pendle- ton Men’s Chorus, which includes voices of all ages. Their portion of the pro- gram will include “Be A Santa,” which was arranged by the late Pendleton-based opera singer Quade Win- ter; “There Is Faint Music” by Dan Forrest; “Bright- est and Best” arranged by Shawn Kirchner; and a con- temporary arrangement of the Gregorian chant Media Vita. “Media Vita is the old- est work that the Pendleton Men’s Chorus has ever per- formed,” said director Bill Mayclin. “The fi rst line of the chant written in Latin, ‘Media vita in morte sumus,’ translates to ‘In the midst of life we are in death.’” To purchase tickets, visit www.oregoneastsymphony. org, stop by the OES offi ce, 345 S.W. Fourth St., Pend- leton, or Pendleton Art + Frame, 36 S.W. Court Ave. For questions, contact 541- 276-0320 or info@orego- neastsymphony.org. ——— Contact Community Edi- tor Tammy Malgesini at tmalgesini@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4539. BRIEFLY Air museum hosts Pearl Harbor Day event PENDLETON — Pendleton Air Museum invites everyone to join them in honoring World War II veterans and those who sup- ported them. An open house at the museum will coincide with Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The free event is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 21 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pend- leton. Cookies, coffee and cocoa will be provided. The public is invited to visit with WW II and Korean War veterans and their family mem- bers and learn about what your friends and neighbors did to sup- port our troops fi ghting Germany and Japan in the European Theater — fi nd out what was saved, what was recycled, what was scarce and what there was plenty of. A nonprofi t exhibit space, the Pendleton Air Museum is dedi- cated to preserving, honoring, dis- playing and sharing the history of aviation, the military and how Pendleton was heavily involved during WW II. People are encour- aged to inquire about volunteer opportunities and museum mem- berships — those who join now can receive a free selected patch or decal. For more information, contact Becky Dunlap at 541-278-0141, pendletonairmuseum@gmail.com or visit www.pendletonairmu- seum.org. Get some ‘Good Vibrations’ during Oldies Night MILTON-FREEWATER — From “California Girls” and “I Get Around” to “Help Me Rhonda” and “Good Vibrations,” the hits of The Beach Boys are featured during Oldies Night in Milton-Freewater. BJ the DJ said many of the group’s early singles featured a “surf song” on one side and a “car song” on the other side — includ- ing “Surfi n’ Safari” backed with “409,” and “Surfi n’ U.S.A,” cou- pled with “Shut Down.” Bob Jones will spin many of The Beach Boys’ familiar hits Saturday from 7-10 p.m. at Wesley United Meth- odist Church, 816 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater — but come an hour early for selections from their Christmas albums. While Brian Wilson wrote or co-wrote many of their hits, The Beach Boys also scored with remakes of other artists’ songs, including Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Want to Dance,” the Regents’ “Barbara Ann” and the Crystals’ “Then He Kissed Me” (redone as “Then I Kissed Her”). In all, Jones said the group had 57 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and made more than 50 appear- ances on the albums chart from 1962 through 2018. In addition to playing the music of The Beach Boys, BJ the DJ will share tidbits to enhance your nos- talgic journey. For more informa- tion, contact Jones at dubuquer70@ gmail.com or 541-938-7028. Hospice fundraiser lights up holiday season HERMISTON — The commu- nity is invited to honor loved ones and support Vange John Memorial Hospice during the holiday season. In its 31st year, the “Light Up a Life” fundraiser runs throughout the month of December. People are encouraged to make a suggested donation of $15, which can be ded- icated in honor of someone you admire or in memory of a loved one or friend. A symbolic light and ornament will be illuminated in the window display area provided by Victory Baptist Church at 193 E. Main St., Hermiston. A special “Light Up a Life” reading will include the names submitted. It will broadcast Sun- day, Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. on KOHU 1360 AM. In addition, a commu- nity-wide memorial service will be held Sunday, Dec. 29 at 3 p.m. at the Hermiston Christian Center, 1825 W. Highland Ave. The tax-deductible donations help support services for patients and their families provided by the local hospice throughout the year. To “Light Up a Life,” provide the person’s name the donation is honoring and mail a $15 check to Vange John Memorial Hospice, 645 W. Orchard Ave., Suite 500, Hermiston, OR 97838. 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