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Christmas songs, like the ones you used to know.


Byline: The Register-Guard

The Cascade Chorus and other vocal ensembles will sing old-timey Christmas favorites at 2 p.m. Sunday at South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. , 400 E. 19th Ave.

The annual community Christmas celebration brings together many local groups: Greater Eugene Sweet Adelines Chorus, Malabon Elementary School elementary school: see school.  Choir, the duo of Leslie Perdue Perdue may refer to:
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 and Allison Lenhard and the barbershop groups McKenzie Touring Company, Fore Over Par, Seventh Avenue and Kaleidoscope.

The 51-voice, all-male Cascade Chorus, directed by Tim Donahue, will sing such songs as "White Christmas," "Silent Night," "Silver Bells," "The Christmas Song," "Hark hark  
intr.v. harked, hark·ing, harks
To listen attentively.

Idiom:
hark back
To return to a previous point, as in a narrative.
 the Herald Angels Sing" and "Jingle Bell Rock."

The 30-voice, all-female Sweet Adelines chorus, directed by Sam Steed steed

see nag.
, will sing "Feliz Navidad," "Do You Hear What I Hear" and "Here Comes Santa Claus," among others.

The 20-voice Malabon Elementary School Choir, directed by Karen Williamson, will sing holiday favorites.

Leslie Perdue and Allison Lenhard, accompanied by Diana Perdue, will sing "O Holy Night" and other songs.

Kaleidoscope (Pat Sutlilffe, Linda Huston, Sue Jones, Judi Haynes, Sandy Olson and Gabrielle Foltz) will sing "Let It Snow," "Light the Candles," "Come on Ring Those Bells" and "A Time for Joy."

The McKenzie Touring Company (Gary Raze raze also rase  
tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es
1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin.

2. To scrape or shave off.

3.
, Bob Martindale, Dale Fish and Rae Seely) will sing "An Eight-foot Manger," "Noel" and "Rest Room Door."

Fore Over Par (Jim Schock, Bob Helsel, Jim Ferguson and Bill Thomas) will sing "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Claus Express."

Seventh Avenue (Sasha Graham, Mike Scott, Brent Bumpers and Brian Long) will sing "Silver Bells" and "Twelve Days of Christmas Twelve Days of Christmas

presents increase with each day of Yuletide. [Am. Music: “Twelve Days of Christmas” in Rockwell]

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."

After intermission, director Rich Watkins will lead the audience in a community sing of "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Jingle Bells," "O Little Town of Bethlehem O Little Town of Bethlehem

traditional Christmas carol. [Western Culture: “0 Little Town of Bethlehem” in Rockwell, 120–121]

See : Christmas
" and "Deck the Halls."

The program will conclude with the Cascade Chorus and the Malabon Elementary School Chorus combining on "Teach the Children to Sing" and all performers coming together to sing "Let There Be Peace on Earth."

Admission is $9 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under. Tickets are available through the South Eugene High School box office, 334-4882.

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Among the barbershop quartets featured Sunday will be the McKenzie Touring Company (from left): Dale Fish, baritone; Rae Seely, bass; Gary Raze, tenor; and Bob Martindale, lead. Holiday harmony
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Date:Dec 7, 2001
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