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Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas concerts happening this weekend

Tyler Hill (right) and Raymond Bell perform on stage during the 86th Annual Morehouse-Spelman Christmas Carol Concert at the Sisters Chapel on campus on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Close to 100 singers from both the Spelman College and Morehouse College glee clubs performed 28 holiday songs.

Credit: Jonathan Phillips

Credit: Jonathan Phillips

Tyler Hill (right) and Raymond Bell perform on stage during the 86th Annual Morehouse-Spelman Christmas Carol Concert at the Sisters Chapel on campus on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Close to 100 singers from both the Spelman College and Morehouse College glee clubs performed 28 holiday songs.
By Becca J G Godwin
Nov 27, 2018

The 92nd annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert, a series of free shows that symbolize the start of the holiday season for many Atlantans, will take place this weekend.

The performances are put on by the colleges’ combined glee clubs and are held at different locations on the campuses.

Two shows are scheduled for Morehouse’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. The first is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, the other at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2.

The Sunday show will be lived streamed on Morehouse's website.

The Saturday, Dec. 1 concert will be held at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening an hour and a half earlier, at Spelman's Sisters Chapel. No advanced tickets are required, but guests will receive a free ticket upon arrival. This performance will also be live-streamed here.

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