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Friday, December 12, 2008
Free and Festive: Sounds of the Holidays
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Carlisi, formerly of Southern rockers .38 Special, is the co-founder of Camp Jam, a rock ’n’ roll summer camp. Carlisi and a few friends will get together at the Camp Jam Rock U Benefit Concert to raise money — and canned goods — for the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Photo: Kimberly Smith/staff
It’s all about giving and sharing during the holiday season, and that spirit extends to musical performances, too. Many local churches and performing ensembles give free holiday-themed concerts in December, quite a few of them taking place this weekend. Here are just a few festive ways to celebrate the season without shortening your gift list.
Atlanta’s Nordic Lodge 708 presents a Swedish St. Lucia Celebration, a candlelit evening of traditional and contemporary Swedish Christmas music 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12. Donations accepted. Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, 1660 N. Decatur Road N.E., Emory University, Atlanta. 404-936-1232.
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church presents a Christmas Music Festival. 7 p.m. Dec. 13; 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. 955 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. 770-973-6561.
Tara Winds’ “Music of the Season” is the group’s 20th annual concert, with the Cherokee Chorale, Starr’s Mill High School Chanticleer and the Durham Middle School Bel Canto. 8 p.m. Dec. 13. Free. Clayton County Performing Arts Center, 2530 Mount Zion Parkway, Jonesboro. 770-473-2875.
Christmas at St. Paul’s celebrates with the St. Paul’s Choir and members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Reservations required. 2 and 6 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 306 Peyton Road S.W., Atlanta. 404-696-3620.
Decatur Civic Chorus offers its 60th Annual Christmas Concert. 3 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave., Decatur. 770-388-9536.
“Holy Night of Miracles” is a cantata for Christmas by Lloyd Larson, presented by the Stone Mountain First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir. 3 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. 5312 W. Mountain St., Stone Mountain. 770-469-9767.
Chamber chorus Just Voices’ Christmas Concert is titled “Herself a Rose,” in praise of Mary. 3 p.m. Dec. 14. Donations accepted. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1208 Rose Creek Drive, Woodstock. 404-875-3266.
Dunwoody United Methodist Church’s Family Christmas Concert includes the church’s adult and youth choirs and handbell ringers. 4 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. 1548 Mount Vernon Road, Dunwoody. 770-394-0675.
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church’s “Many Moods of Christmas” features the Chancel Choir, members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Boy Choir. Reservations required. 5:30 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. 3180 Peachtree Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-240-8212.
“My Heart Goes Home for Christmas” is the fourth annual Christmas concert from the 65-voice Sugar Hill Latter-day Saints Choir. 7 p.m. Dec. 14. Free. Sugar Hill Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4833 Suwanee Dam Road, Suwanee. 770-271-3426.
And if you want a little more rock in your holiday music and don’t mind parting with a few dollars and a couple of cans of veggies, try Camp Jam’s Rock U Holiday Benefit Concert. The event includes .38 Special’s Jeff Carlisi, Collective Soul’s Will Turpin, Sheryl Crow’s guitarist Peter Stroud and Atlanta mainstay Clay Cook. 2-4:30 p.m. Dec. 14. $10; or $5 and 2 canned goods. Hard Rock Cafe, 215 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-688-7625.
Read other money saving tips at Your Money, and see a list of all of more upcoming free and cheap events.
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