The Gettysburg Choral Society is having a Gettysburg Eddie’s restaurant fundraiser! 10% of food and alcohol sales on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024, will go to GCS to aid in the group’s mission of providing quality choral music for the community, so please come eat at Gettysburg Eddie’s from 11 am-9 pm! This also applies to takeout orders. There will be a special showcase fundraiser event from 5:30-7:30 pm upstairs in the Jewel Box Lounge featuring a silent auction, 50/50 cash raffle, guest bartenders, and more! Gettysburg Eddie’s is located at 217 Steinwehr Ave., Gettysburg, PA.
If you are able to donate an item for the silent auction, please let a member know! The Choral Society appreciates goods from local businesses, gift cards, etc. Thank you in advance. Items are needed no later than October 3rd! Contact Julie at mayfairy25@gmail.com if you have a donation.
The chorus will present a series of three Christmas concerts entitled “Sing We Noel.” The first two concerts will be held in the Church of the Abiding Presence on the campus of the United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg–on Friday, December 6th, at 7:00 P.M. and on Saturday, December 7th, at 3:00 P.M. The seminary is located at 61 Seminary Ridge in Gettysburg, PA. The third and final concert in this year’s Christmas series will be held on Saturday, December 14th, at 3:00 P.M., in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 339 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD.
The thirty-voice chorus, under the direction of co-founder and artistic director John McKay, will celebrate the season with some of the most beloved Christmas selections. Each concert will end with a popular sing-along of favorite carols, accompanied by organ.
The two Gettysburg concerts will feature guest organist Peggy Haas Howell. In addition to accompanying the chorus on several selections, she will give a mini-recital of Christmas organ favorites, demonstrating the power and majesty of the seminary’s magnificent Andover pipe organ. Ms. Howell is a consummate organist who has given recitals throughout America and Europe. She has recorded for the BBC, Sender Freies Berlin, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and Raven Recordings. In addition to serving as Organist and Choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lynchburg, VA, Ms. Howell is the Music Director of the Cantate Children’s and Youth Choir of Central Virginia. She was recently elected as National Vice President/Councillor for Competitions and New Music for The American Guild of Organists. She received her BA in Church Music from Susquehanna University and her Master of Sacred Music from Union Theological Seminary.
As always, the concerts are free and open to the public. Tax-deductible contributions will be received to help defray expenses. For more info, visit: gettysburgchoralsociety.org
Source: Gettysburg Choral Society
