Check out Deck the Hall tonight at Pikes Peak Center

It’s the Colorado Springs Chorale’s silver anniversary Christmas family favorite, Deck the Hall, “The Best Way to Celebrate Christmas,” (Best of the Springs, The Gazette) Friday, December 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m., at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts.
To celebrate Deck’s 25th annual performance we’re highlighting past Deck the Hall seasonal favorites, sacred, traditional and “pops’ and also capturing the sounds of a snowy Christmas morning through the use of off-stage bells ringing the peal of church bells distant and near.
We’ll gather with What Child is This and process with our traditional, O Come all Ye Faithful, then welcome all with Rutter’s What Sweeter Music and arrangements of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Ding Dong Merrily on High. Around our imaginary center stage tree we’ll present a Robert Shaw/Robert Bennett Many Moods of Christmas medley. Our traditional “Christmas Eve Concert” will be the glorious Beethoven Kyrie and Gloria from his Mass in C. We’ll shift to the images of brisk winter with: “Outdoors: A Crisp December Evening” and a series of tunes supported by our Christmas Bells, called “A Russian Christmas Morning.” The section includes a melodic lullaby, Bahyooshkee Bahyoo by our own Judy Kramer. Our treatment of the lighter side of Christmas “Merry Christmas, All, Y’all” will include a little tongue-in-cheek PDQ Bach, Good King Kong Looked Out and the raucous Leroy the Redneck Reindeer. Our finale will be an audience favorite, our assistant conductor Dan Brink’s frequently requested arrangement of Deck the Hall.

The Chorale’s gorgeous sound, affordable tickets, and a beautifully decorated stage with striking and atmospheric lighting, combine to create a delightful family evening of traditional, favorite, and new Christmas music.

The Colorado Springs Chorale’s more than one hundred auditioned singers will craft a beautiful and inspiring experience that touches your soul and lifts your spirits with just the right amount of fun. There’ll be carols and a Beethoven “concert within a concert” to celebrate the spiritual side of the season, and audience sing-alongs and popular Christmas standards to recall the memories of childhood Christmases past and to create family memories for the future.

Add to this Santa and Mrs. Claus in the lobby, decorations, spectacular lighting and the marvelous accompaniment of Dan Brink, pianist and Carol Wilson, organist, for a very festive Christmas celebration.

And we’ve dramatically reduced prices to make sure you’ll be there! Tickets: Front Orchestra and Balcony $15, Main Orchestra and other areas $20, Mezzanine Boxes, $40, may be purchased at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office; TicketsWest, 719 520 SHOW (7469); at all TicketsWest outlets, or www.ticketswest.com. (Surcharges may apply).

Information courtesy of: http://events.gazette.com/colorado-springs-co/events/show/217175824-deck-the-hall