Christmas Concert.pdf

Western Reserve Community Band performed a Christmas Concert at the First Congregational Church of Hudson's Fellowship Hall on December 18, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. The program included:

A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
We Need A Little Christmas by Jerry Herman
A Canadian Brass Christmas with traditional arrangements
The Christmas Song by Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Themes from The Nutcracker Suite by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol by Percy Grainger
A Christmas Tryptich with traditional arrangements
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson
Pat-A-Pan by Bernard de La Monnoye
White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Christmas Sing-A-Long with various arrangements
* Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

The band is led by Conductor Ralph Meyer and Associate Conductors Ken Granville, Ed Wiles, and Tim Florjancic. The roster includes 63 members playing various instruments. The concert was sponsored by the First Congregational Church of Hudson, and the band is a non-profit organization open to adult wind and percussion players. Membership is available through Hudson Community Education and Recreation. The band relies on donations and grants to support their performances.