Tri-County and Sippican School bands team up for Dec. 11 concert
The Tri-County Symphonic Band celebrates the holiday season with its annual "Children’s Christmas Concert" on Sunday, December 11, at 1:30 p.m. in the Sippican School multi-purpose room.
The concert is free.
The Tri-County Symphonic Band, under the direction of Philip Sanborn, will perform seasonal favorites including “Holiday Emblem,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Midnight Sleighride,” "March of the Toys" and “Frosty the Snowman."
The concert will also feature the Sippican School Concert Choir, under the direction of Patricia Richard, performing a “Moonlight Sleigh Ride" and "The Christmas Song."
Also, the youngsters in the audience can enter a drawing to play the sleigh bells with the Tri-County Symphonic Band in its rendition of Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride”.
The concert will conclude with a “Christmas Sing-a-long” featuring the Sippican School Concert Choir and special guests.
The "Cottage Street Jam Band" will then lead a march from the Sippican School to Island Wharf to greet Santa as he arrives via “water sleigh."