Westminster Concert Choir Plans Southern Tour in January

The Westminster College Concert Choir will perform six concerts in six days at various Georgia and Florida churches in January.

 Under the direction of Dr. Robin Lind, the Concert Choir will perform Two Canticles, Three Motets, Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Dona Nobis Pacem, Ye Banks and Braes, See What Love Hath the Father, Children of the Heavenly Father, Haneirot halau, and Ya ba bom. 

 The tour schedule is as follows: Jan. 7 at 7 p.m., Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Ga.; Jan. 8, 4 p.m., St. James Catholic Cathredral, Orlando, Fla.; Jan. 9, 10 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach, Fla. and 6 p.m., the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Jan. 11, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach, Fla.; and Jan. 12,  6:30 p.m., Church of the Palms, Sarasota, Fla.

 Each January the Westminster College Choir travels to different areas of the country, and every fourth year travels to Europe.  In 2004, the choir traveled to the southern East coast, performing in Charlotte, N.C., Beaufort and Hilton Head, S.C., Roswell, Ga., and Manassas, Va.  In 2003, the Choir spend two weeks in Italy performing in such venues as Basilica di San Marco in Venice, St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.  In 2002, the choir traveled to Southern California, where they performed in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

 For more information, contact Lind at (724) 946-7278 or e-mail lindra@westminster.edu.

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