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GHS Music Performance
Glacier High School will present their joint holiday concert “Winter Wonderland” on Thursday, December 15th. The concert will see the entire Glacier High School music department — choir, band and orchestra — unite to share the sounds of the season. Audiences will enjoy hearing familiar holiday selections, such as highlights from “The Polar Express” and “All I Want For Christmas,” as well as unfamiliar songs like “Betelehemu,” an African Christmas carol. The Flathead Valleyaires Barbershop Band will join us on stage for “Text Me Merry Christmas”. Concerts are held in the Glacier High Performance Hall at 4pm and 7pm. Both concerts are the same and admission is free.
Mission Valley Choir Hosts Christmas Concert
This season’s holiday calendar is a must – two afternoons of “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” concerts will be performed by the Mission Valley Choral Society.
Concerts are scheduled for Saturday, December 17th at 1pm at St. Ignatius’s Mission and Sunday, December 18th at 2pm at Ronan’s Ronan Center for the Performing Arts.
A string quartet will join the choir in a blockbuster Christmas music program. Accompanied by directors Christian Bumgarner and Karla Gallatin, the string quartet-enhanced choir will lead through Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” followed by divine and traditional fun Christmas music.
The 90-minute concert is free and all are welcome. Voluntary contributions will be taken to help the choir cover music costs. For information, call 406-261-3304 or 406-370-2076.
Garden Art Exhibitions and Sales
A dozen or so members of the local outdoor painter collective Plein Air Painters of the Flathead arranged an art presentation of works for sale. Fisher’s Greenhouses is sponsoring the event through December 21 at 1225 Mooring Road, Columbia Falls.
For more information, please contact Megan Heil at 575-420-0900.
Reception at WCC opening exhibition
The Hockaday Museum of Art will host a reception for the opening exhibition “Glacier’s Gate” on December 15th at the Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery in the Wachholz Academy Center at Flathead Valley Community College from 5-7 pm. The exhibit will feature selected works from the Hockaday Museum of Art’s permanent collection and will be on view through January 31. Admission is free and open to the public; call 756-1400 or visit wachholzcollegecenter.org for more information.
Dancing at the Kalispell Eagles
Dance to classic country and retro rock music from Cowboy Country and Gold Dust Girl at the Kalispell Eagles on Saturday, December 17th from 7pm to 10pm
author speaks
Author John Fraley, a retired wildlife biologist and adjunct Flathead Valley lecturer, will talk about his new book, “I wilderness life”. This book recounts Fraley’s 50 years of exploring the Bob Marshall Wilderness and other wilderness areas. Copies of his books are also available for purchase.
Seventh-day Adventist Concert
The Seventh-day Adventist Church of Kalispell will host its first Christmas celebration, “The Manger That Changed the World.”
The concert will be held on Saturday, December 17th at 11:00 am at 1185 W. Reserve Dr., Kalispell. Free admission.
The concert will feature adult and youth choirs alongside professional local artists, singers and instrumentalists.
All are welcome to experience the hope and joy of the Christmas season.
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