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Christmas
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Youth Arts Program presents
‘Sounds of the Season’
Myriad of talents share facets of Christmas
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo/JJ Collier
The Grant Union Junior-Senior High School choir and band, directed
by Mary Ann Vidourek, perform together at the school’s Dec. 15 winter
concert.
Grant Union
entertains with
traditional tunes
during the Dec. 15 winter con-
cert.
The highlight of the show
was “On with the Snow,”
which included a medley of
traditional Christmas songs
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the choir sang with accompa-
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niment from the senior band,
directed by Mary Ann Vi-
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Junior-Senior High School band.
Humbolt
students also
perform concert
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A special song performed
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to “Silent Night,” which they
sang in remembrance of Dick-
ens.
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ed Humbolt Elementary
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JOHN DAY — An evening
of musical talent was shared
at the Youth Arts Program’s
“Sounds of the Season” con-
cert held Dec. 11 at the Unit-
ed Methodist Church in John
Day.
Presentations from three
community choirs (ages 4-8,
9-16 and 17 and up), small
groups and soloists, ranged
from fun, such as “Frosty
the Snowman” and “Rockin’
Around the Christmas Tree” to
spiritual, including selections
from Handel’s “Messiah” and
“Sweet Little Jesus Boy.”
“The concert was a per-
fectly balanced blend of sec-
Contributed photo
Megan Maxwell of John Day performs on trumpet,
accompanied by Samantha Floyd of Canyon City, at
the Youth Arts Program Christmas Concert Dec. 11
in John Day.
ular and sacred, vocal and in-
strumental and varying styles
of music,” said Rebecca Bog-
ardus, director of YAP.
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choir rehearsals start up again
Jan. 2, and community choirs
start Jan. 19. For more infor-
mation on joining, volunteer-
ing or contributing to YAP,
contact Bogardus at 541-987-
2440.
Seneca celebrates a historical Christmas
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SENECA — The audience
at this year’s Seneca School
Christmas program was trans-
ported 60 years back in time
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view of 1950s Seneca.
In “Christmas Comes to
Seneca,” students offered a
musical production celebrat-
ing the community’s lumber
and railroad heritage.
The main story line was
one of suspense, wondering
if the train engine the Oregon
and Northwestern 26 broken
down at the end of the spur
line would make it back into
town for Christmas.
“Loggers,” stuck in the
woods with the engine, per-
formed a rousing rendition
of “Blue Christmas,” while
sixth-grade girls, wearing red
1950s-style dresses, sang their
own wish in “Baby, Please
Come Home.”
The “children,” students
in grades K-4, sang “Where
are you, Christmas?” as they
wondered if Christmas would
be the same without all the
Contributed photo
Seneca School presented “Christmas Comes
to Seneca,” a historical and fictional tale of the
community’s rich heritage, set in the 1950s. Back
row, from left: Hayden Spencer, Grace Taylor, Eli
Wright, Billy Radinovich, Raney Anderson, Madison
Metcalf and Tucker Wright. Front row, from left:
Bridger Walker, Macy Carter, Audrey Walker, Lauryn
Pettyjohn, Sage Browning, Hunter Noel, Kynlee
Pettyjohn and Layla Wenick.
families together.
The
program
closed
with “Rockin’ on Top of the
World,” a dance number cho-
reographed by Jessica Moore,
which ended with four pyr-
amids, two round-offs and a
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School secretary Laurie
Stinnett said the performance
went well.
“The word on the street was
that it was a top-notch perfor-
mance worthy of the long and
illustrious Seneca Christmas
program tradition,” she said.
According to Stinnett, one
lifelong resident said, “Long live
Seneca Christmas programs!”
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It was a new approach to
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