{"id":116455,"date":"2014-11-18T21:37:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T04:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/preview-mancos-chorus-presents-home-for-the-holidays\/"},"modified":"2014-11-18T21:37:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T04:37:26","slug":"preview-mancos-chorus-presents-home-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/preview-mancos-chorus-presents-home-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview Mancos Chorus presents ‘Home for the Holidays’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mancos Chorus, 33 members strong this year, opens its concert series Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mancos Methodist Church.<\/span>Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Director Kriss Larsen, a veteran performer and choir director, has assembled a fun and family-oriented seasonal show that runs the gamut from secular to sacred, sentimental to silly.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a whiff of nostalgia against a \u201940s backdrop to the show which features lush arrangements of classic tunes such as We\u2019ll Meet Again, I\u2019ll Be Seeing You and I\u2019ll Be Home for Christmas. Explains Larsen, these songs evoke a time when people were separated by \u201cthousands of war-torn miles.\u201d They express a longing for familiar places and faces and remind us of another time, yet they still touch the heart.<\/p>\n

Larsen has chosen some lesser-known Christmas pieces which will be a refreshing break from the endless loop of tired Christmas tunes we often hear this time of year. A lilting tune titled Christmas Pipes, a Basque carol The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came, and a celebratory Jubilate Deo provide counterpoint to the secular half of the show.<\/p>\n

A variety of familiar and less familiar songs round out the program. There will be a medley \u2013 a signature Larsen move \u2013 that features Santa Claus-inspired songs which the children \u2013 and the child in you\u2013will love. Also look forward to a clever choral mash-up of We Need A Little Christmas from the Broadway musical Mame sung in an Andrews Sisters style in which Mr. Sandman becomes Mr. Santa. You can almost imagine a U.S.O. show with a trio of leggy blondes selling their songs to a crowd of cheering troops.<\/p>\n

True to her winning format, Larsen will intersperse soloists, some seasoned and some new, between choral numbers. Drawing on her background as a theatrical performer, Larsen paints from her musical palette with large brush strokes. She has a concept of the show from beginning to end, and every number adds to the sweep, the flow, of the production. This show, explains Larsen, is much like a pageant or a series of musical tableaux that unify around the theme of hearth and home and holidays.<\/p>\n

The Mancos Valley Chorus is 33 voices strong this season. There is one original remaining member of the chorus, Mancos resident Sarah Hatch, who has sung with MVC since the fall of 1998. She loves the camaraderie almost as much as the music. President Ginny Moore has sung with the chorus for several years and keeps returning because, she says, the director injects the experience with fun while challenging her singers with difficult and varied music. Gloria Thatch-Woody, chorus member since 2007, simply states, \u201cIt rocks my soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

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IF YOU GO<\/h4>\n

All performances are free of charge.
\n Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mancos Methodist Church on Grand
\n Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Cortez Methodist Church on Park
\n Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Mancos Methodist Church
\n Saturday, Dec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mancos Methodist Church<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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