PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald today announced the 45th Annual Holiday Choral Program will kick off on Wednesday, November 28, with a performance by the Quaker Valley High School Concert Choir, at 11:30 a.m. This and all concerts for the program will be held on the Grand Staircase of the Allegheny County Courthouse, located at 436 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh.
Performances will be held each weekday through Friday, December 19. Twenty-four local choirs, orchestras, and bands will participate in this year’s program. Each performance will also be broadcast on the Grant Street side of the Courthouse so downtown shoppers and workers may enjoy the concert.
A special thanks to Giant Eagle and Colteryahn Dairy for providing refreshments for the school groups on their performance day.
Participating schools have also been asked to make donations of filled stockings to The Holiday Project, a program that has provided holiday gifts to children and youth who receive services through the Allegheny County human services system since the late 1960s. Concert-goers are invited to participate in the program by making a donation of an unwrapped gift. More information, including suggested gifts, is available at The Holiday Project.
The full schedule for the 45th Annual Holiday Choral Program follows:
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Date | Time | Group |
Nov. 28 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Quaker Valley High School Concert Choir |
Nov. 29 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Ingomar Middle School 8th Grade Orchestra |
Nov. 30 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Seneca Valley Intermediate High School Choirs |
Dec. 3 | 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Marshall Middle School 8th Grade Orchestra |
Dec. 4 | 11:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. | .gif "PDF Icon") Holiday Celebration & Christmas Carol Sing-Along
Open to all County employees, their friends, family and the public, the celebration will include a sing-along, refreshments, giveaways and an appearance by the Jolly Old Elf himself. Attendees are also encouraged to bring a stocking full of goodies to donate to The DHS Holiday Project.
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Dec. 6 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Ingomar Middle School 7th Grade Orchestra |
Dec. 7 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Deer Lakes Chamber Singers |
Dec. 10 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Marshall Middle School 7th Grade Orchestra |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Keystone Oaks High School Symphonic Band |
Dec. 11 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Steel Valley High School Concert Choir |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh Mifflin Chorus |
Dec. 12 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Carson Middle School Orchestra |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Northgate “Sizzlers” Jazz Band |
Dec. 13 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Shaler Area High School Choir |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Shaler Area High School Advanced Jazz Band |
Dec. 14 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | McKeesport Area High School Orchestra |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Montour High School Concert Choir |
Dec. 17 | 11:30 a.m-12:10 p.m. | Chartiers Valley Middle School Orchestra |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Shaler Area High School String Orchestra |
Dec. 18 | 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Pittsburgh Minadeo Elementary School Chorus |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Harrison Middle School Band, Chorus, & Orchestra |
Dec. 19 | 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Upper St. Clair High School Pantheon Choir |
12:20 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | Mellon Middle School 8th Grade Chorus |
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