The video of the December 14 Maine Pops Concert Band Holiday Benefit Concert is now available for viewing on the band’s YouTube channel. The concert was held at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center in Westbrook, ME.
Many thanks to John Cranton of Scarborough Community Access Television for recording the concert for the band and for Scarborough’s Spectrum Channel 2. The concert will air in Scarborough on December 21, December 24 and December 27 at 7 p.m.
The band performed 14 holiday selections for the concert:
Overture to a Winter Festival – arranged by James Curnow
Silver Bells – Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (arr. James Swearingen)
Carol of the Bells – arranged by Chip Davis and Robert Longfield
Brazilian Sleigh Ride – Percy Faith (arr. Lloyd Conley)
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Richard Pola and George Wyle (arr. Chris Sharp)
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Festive Sounds of Hanukah – arranged by Bill Holcombe
We Three Kings – John H. Hopkins, Jr. (arr. John M. Pasternak)
Candlelight Carol – John Rutter (arr. Jay Dawson)
Go Tell it on the Mountain – arranged by Jay Dawson
Greensleeves – arranged by Alfred Reed
A Christmas Portrait – arranged by Jerry Nowak
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
Hallelujah Chorus – George Frederic Handel (arr. Jack Bullock)
