Volume 39 No. 36
WESTSIDESTORY NEWSPAPER
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025
SB Symphony presents 'A Christmas Festival'
Annual Holiday Concert will be Performed Saturday, December 13
Youth Orchestras will make a special appear in their holiday best - with nods to both black
SAN BERNARDINO, CA---- The San Ber- nardino Symphony Orchestra will present their annual holiday concert on Saturday, December 13, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. Entitled "A Christmas Festival," this performance will be held at the historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts in downtown San Bernardino.
Under the baton of Maestro Anthony Parn- ther, the repertoire will feature a number of holiday favorites, including Leroy Anderson's "A Christmas Festival," "Let is Snow," "My Favorite Things," Mary, Did you Know?" "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Oh, Holy Night," "Sleigh Ride," "Theme from Polar Express," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," and more. Vocalists LaVance Colley, LC Powell, and Drew Tablak will lend their angelic voices to this joyful show.
In addition, the San Bernardino Symphony ance at the concert.
And, the Granite Hills High School GREAT Academy Choir led by Director of Music and Piano Shane Churchill will combine with the Carter High School Chamber Choir led by Dr. Susan Barnes to accompany the Orches- tra. Members of the A.B. Miller High School Conservatory of Dance with direction by Ai- sha Bardge and Nicole Robinson will also per- form.
The performance will culminate with a grand sing-along finale.
Explained Maestro Parnther, "Perhaps more than anything else we do each year, the annu- al holiday performance is designed to lift the spirit and gladden the heart. I look forward to welcoming the entire community to this an- nual event!"
Patrons, who are highly encouraged to dress tie and "ugly" sweaters will begin their fes- tive afternoon even before the baton descends as the Inland Valley Repertory Theater's Dick- ens Carolers will be performing in the lobby beginning at 2 p.m.
Attendees are also invited to bring a new, unwrapped toy which will be donated to San Bernardino Valley College's EOPS CARE program which benefits the students of single parent students.
"This is going to be the region's happiest holiday party!" shared Symphony Board of Directors President Donna Marie Minano who will be festively featured in one of the sched- uled performance pieces in honor of her years of service which officially end December 31.
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