OBU School of Fine Arts to present Festival of Christmas Dec. 4-5
November 19, 2009 - Meg Gosser
Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present its annual Festival of Christmas in Jones Performing Arts Center on Dec. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased for $5 at www.obu.edu/finearts or by calling (870) 245-5563.
“It has been called Ouachita’s Christmas card to the community,” said Dr. Scott Holsclaw,
Dean of OBU’s School of Fine Arts. “It is a celebration of Christmas, both the secular
and the sacred. As one lady replied to me after seeing the show every year, she said,
‘I cannot get in the Christmas spirit until I attend the Festival of Christmas at
Ouachita.’”
“This started as and continues to be a Christmas celebration by the School of Fine
Arts,” said Dr. Gary Gerber, associate professor of music at OBU. The program includes
performances by students in Ouachita’s vocal, instrumental and theatre programs as
well as dance students. Ensembles performing include Concert Choir, Ouachita Sounds,
Ouachita Singers, Women’s Chorus, Tiger Blast and the Festival of Christmas Pit Band.
This year’s musical selections will feature the “best of” audience favorites from
the past, including “Celebrate the Season,” “Winter Wonderland Medley,” “Holly Jolly
Christmas,” “Grown Up Christmas List,” “Carol of the Bells,” “Mary Did You Know?”
“Breath of Heaven,” “O Holy Night” and many more.
“This is an outstanding Christmas program that puts you in the Christmas spirit,”
Holsclaw said.
For more information, call the School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
By Meg Gosser
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