MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area School District will present a special holiday concert, featuring students from their junior high music programs, starting 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The program, which feature the seventh and eighth grade chorus groups and the junior high school band, will each present individual concerts, followed by all groups joining together in the show's finale of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
All groups are under the direction of Sharon L. Styer, with Rachel F.W. Ulsh providing the accompaniment for the chorus groups. District Superintendent Bernard Stellar will join Styer in directing the finale.
The eighth grade chorus will open the program with the musical numbers "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth," made popular by Bing Crosby and David Bowie; "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from the Broadway musical "Elf"; the Michael W. Smith song "Christmas Angels," and the "Glee" holiday classic, "Extraordinary Merry Christmas."
The Mount Carmel Area Junior High School Band will present the musical selections "A Christmas Fanfare," "At the Feast of Stephen," "A Christmas Proclamation," "Toboggan Run," "Santa Rocks The House!" and "The Polar Express."
The seventh grade chorus will then sing "Jubilate! Alleluia!" from Peasant Cantata No. 212; the song "Hip-Hop Reindeer," featuring rappers Tyler Adams, Luke Adzema, Daniel Barker, Emilee Barnhardt, Matthew Daubert, and Brandilee Holmes; "Winter, Bring Me Home" using the words of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and the swinging song, "Santa Claus Boogie."