Coshocton Community Choir's Christmas Festival Concert set for Dec. 4

COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Community Choir recently welcomed 16 new members to its 100-voice choir as the choir prepares for its upcoming Christmas Festival Concert, Come, Let Us Adore, on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Coshocton High School. 

The new members are Olivia Crouso, Mason Gano, Terri Phillips, Emily Blair, Dannan Stewart, Madison McWilliams, Colleen Schimmel, Cheryl Stevens, Bryan Kittner, David McDonald, Spencer Stanley, Allen Cook, Deb Quillen, Marge Pizzino, Michael Woolery and Joellyn Weidman.

The Coshocton Community Choir is conducted by its founder, Charles R. Snyder. The choir includes singers not only from Coshocton County, but also from Tuscarawas, Morrow, Franklin, Licking, Fairfield, Muskingum and Guernsey counties, as well as West Virginia. Choir members range from high school age through senior citizens.  

The choir is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that meets the expenses involved in preparing for and performing concerts each year through ticket sales and an annual fund campaign that’s underway for the 2022-23 season now. Contributions to support the choir can be mailed to the choir at PO Box 1648, Coshocton, Ohio 43812. Patrons receive tickets to the choir's Christmas and Spring concerts.

The Coshocton Community Choir's Festival Christmas Concert, titled Come, Let Us Adore, will be on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. at Coshocton High School's McKinley Auditorium, located at 1205 Cambridge Road in Coshocton. The concert will feature the adult choir, the Coshocton Singers and the Coshocton Youth Chorale, accompanists Dickie Barrick and Mark Wagner, the Roscoe Brass quintet, and percussion.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available pre-sale from choir members and online at CoshoctonCommunityChoir.org. Tickets will also be available at the door the afternoon of the concert.

For more information about the Coshocton Community Choir, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, the Coshocton Singers, or the Coshocton Youth Chorale, visit coshoctoncommunitychoir.org or find the choir on Facebook.

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New Singers of the Coshocton Community Choir. Pictured from left to right, in the front row are Olivia Crouso, Mason Gano, Terri Phillips, Emily Blair, Dannan Stewart, Madison McWilliams, Colleen Schimmel, Cheryl Stevens; in the back row are Bryan Kittner, David McDonald, Spencer Stanley, Allen Cook, Deb Quillen, Marge Pizzino, Michael Woolery; not pictured is Joellyn Weidman.