Orchestras in concert Thursday night at Shamokin Area

COAL TOWNSHIP — The Shamokin Area Middle School and Senior High School orchestras, under the direction of Barbara DeGaetano, will present their holiday concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium.
The concert will begin with two selections performed by the high school string ensemble: “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra hit “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24.” The ensemble will be followed by the string orchestra selections “S’Vivon” and the Mannheim Steamroller favorite “Faeries from the Nutcracker.”
The high school orchestra will perform selections that include “A Holst Christmas,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “A Christmas Hymn,” “Sleigh Ride,” “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Holiday Pops Sing-Along.”
The public is invited to attend this free performance. The senior high string ensemble will welcome concert-goers with holiday music in the lobby beginning at 7:10.