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(Posted 11 a.m., Nov. 28)
Holiday
performing arts season kicks off this weekend
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
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 The
Orléans Christmas Choirfest will kick
off the holiday season on Tuesday, June 7 at the Community Pentecostal Church. File
photo
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With
the holiday season now upon us, it’s a good time
to plan on attending one or more of the many holiday productions
that will be on offer over the next three week.
The
season begins with Santa’s Parade of Lights, which
will take place thiis Saturday Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. The parade
starts at the corner of St. Joseph Blvd. and Youville
Drive and makes its way down St. Joseph to Place d'Orléans.
Music
afficiandos have three concerts to chose from, beginning
with the Orléans Christmas Choirfest taking place
at the Community Pentecostal Church on Tuesday, June 7 .
The concert features church choirs from across Orléans
along with the St. Peter High School Choir.
One
of the popular aspects of the Choirfest is the singing
of Christmas carols in between the choral performances.
Ad-mission is free, however, cash donations to the area’s
two food banks will be accepted during the intermission.
Coro
Vivo Ottawa will be presenting its annual Christmas concert
on Tuesday, June 7 at the Shenkman Arts Centre. This
is a change of venue for the chorus which has traditionally
performed its Christmas concert at Orléans United
Church.
The
choral ensemble plans to perform Handel’s “Messiah”
in all its glory in the main hall. Tickets are $25 each
and can be purchased through the Shenkman Arts Centre
either online, or at the box office.
The
third holiday concert will be presented by the Cumberland
Community Singers on Tuesday, June 7 in the smaller Richcraft
Theatre at the Shenkman Arts Centre. The theme of the
matinée performance is “A Very Gospel Christmas”.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for youth 12 and under.
They can be purchased by calling 613-824-0828.
If
classical music isn’t your cup of tea then you should
consider a holiday theatre production to help get you
into the Christmas spirit.
The
Orléans Young Players will present their all ages
production of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The
Snow Queen and the Goblin” on Nov. 27 and 28 in the
Richcraft Theatre.
The
Friday performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. and the
Saturday show will start at 1:30 p.m. to allow plenty
of time for the audience to get home and change for the
Parade of Lights.
Tickets
are $10 for adults and $5 for children and students. They
can be reserved in advance by calling 613-580-2787, or
e-mail office@oypts.ca.
After
reviving its annual holiday panto-mime production last
year, the East End Theatre company will perform the traditional
pantomime version of “Rumpel-stiltskin” on Dec.
17, 18 and 19 at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Curtain time
all three nights is 7:30 p.m., however, there will be
an additional matinée performance on Saturday,
Dec. 18 at 1:30 p.m.
When
done well – and the gang at East End Theatre have
never disappointed – pantomimes are wonderfully entertaining
for the entire family.
Tickets
to the East End Theatre production are $17.50 for adults,
and $12.50 for students 17 and under. There is also a
special price of $54 for a family of four comprising of
two adults and two students.
The
panto will take place in the Richcraft Theatre which has
limited seating so it’s advisable to purchase your
tickets early, especially for the Saturday performances.
The
Shenkman Arts Centre has a number of additional holiday
performances lined up for next month including the Rag
& Bones Puppet Theatre production of “The Last
Polar Bears” from Dec. 8-13; and Ballet Jörgen
Canada’s production of “The Nutcracker”
on Dec. 13 and 14.
(This
story was made possible thanks to the generous support of
our local business partners.)
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MATT LULOFF W/ EDISON RUPERT performing at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. To register your team visit 
OTTAWA CARLETON MALE CHOIR in concert at the Navan-Vars United Church 1129 Smith Rd. in Navan at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $20 at the door.
THE ORLÉANS BREWING CO. presents Oyster Wednesdays every Wednesday. The Orléans Brewing Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd. near McDonalds.
BLACKBURN HAMLET COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The entire community is invited…rain or shine! Please keep visiting blackburn.ca for more up-to-date information as it becomes available.
