Orchestras in concert tonight
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area Middle School and Senior High School orchestras, under the direction of Barbara DeGaetano, will present their holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight in the auditorium.
The concert will begin with two selections performed by the high school string ensemble: "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra hit "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24." The ensemble will be followed by the string orchestra selections "S'Vivon" and the Mannheim Steamroller favorite "Faeries from the Nutcracker."
The high school orchestra will perform selections that include "A Holst Christmas," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "A Christmas Hymn," "Sleigh Ride," "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "Holiday Pops Sing-Along."
The public is invited to attend this free performance. The senior high string ensemble will welcome concert-goers with holiday music in the lobby beginning at 7:10 p.m.
Annual train party Saturday
DANVILLE - With puffing steam engines and homemade cookies, the Saturday Trains program at Christ Memorial Episcopal Church will host its eighth annual public Christmas party from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Everyone is invited.
Christ Church, in its continuing program, also will give 50 free diapers to families needing them.
In addition to the 22-foot model railroad display, there is a continuously running video of steam engines going up and down the Susquehanna Valley during the 1930s and 1940s, along with a library of donated model railroading books, magazines and model train catalogs for visitors to glance through.
Barletta has new office in D.C.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, PA-11, moved into a new office in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, but his phone and fax numbers will remain the same.
Barletta's new office is 115 Cannon House Office Building. He remains in the same building, but moves from the fifth to the first floor.
Constituents can call Rep. Barletta's Washington, D.C., office to express their thoughts on policy and legislation: (202) 225-6511 or toll-free at (855) 241-5144.
Barletta's mailing address is: 115 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. Constituents are invited to visit or write; note that correspondence and packages sent to the Capitol complex are subject to delays due to security screening.