Author: Maine Pops
Holiday Festivities
Fresh off of our Fall Concert, the Maine POPS is ready to make you feel all warm and fuzzy for the chilly winter days ahead! We are excited to bring you a collection of festive favorites, Christmas classics, Hanukkah highlights, and other songs sure to bring cheer to your holiday season.
We are lucky to have personal connections to two amazing holiday venues: St. Luke’s Cathedral in Portland, and West Falmouth Baptist Church. The Very Reverend Dr. Ben Shambaugh, Dean of St. Luke’s Cathedral, plays tuba. Pastor Mac Ray of West Falmouth Baptist Church is the husband of Diane Ray, one of our talented flute players.
We provide concerts to both of these venues on a benefit basis, with donations being taken. These benefit St. Luke’s ministries in the community, and WFBC’s chosen charity this year is The Root Cellar, a Portland-based non-profit organization committed to bringing enriching services to neighboring youth and their families. We encourage you to help us support the wonderful work that both churches do within their communities.
As always, we love playing to a good crowd. Please bring your friends, family, neighbors, and anyone else you can think of to come and share the fun! Both concerts are free admission.
You can find the Maine POPS celebrating the upcoming holidays at the following:
Sun. Dec. 10th, 2:30pm – St. Luke’s Cathedral (143 State St, Portland)
Wed. Dec. 13th, 7:00pm – West Falmouth Baptist Church (18 Mountain Rd, Falmouth)
It’s Concert Time!
The Maine POPS has been working really hard over the past few months to put together our first formal concert under the baton of our new Director, David Watts. There have been some wrinkles along the way – “Well, we just expected you to know!” was uttered in more than one board meeting as we set out on the first steps of this new journey! – but we’re delighted to have David on board and are really looking forward to showcasing our amazing band.
With our Fall concert being a little later than usual this year, we’ve also started working on Holiday music a little earlier than normal. That has lead to an interesting blend of pieces at any given rehearsal – although there were several September evenings when it was still well over 80°F and “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!” seemed like nothing but wishful thinking! We’re hopeful that our blend of Elements and Mysteries will help ease everyone into the holiday mood with us.
We’re hoping to have a good audience at our concert and we have wonderful music on the program, so we’d like to encourage you to bring your friends, family, neighbors, the fella up the road you only see once a month, and anyone else you can think of to come and share the fun! As always, tickets will be available at the door for $10, $7 for seniors, and full-time students are free.
You can see the Maine POPS performing their concert “Of Elements & Mysteries” on Sunday November 19th, 2:30pm at Scarborough High School, 11 Municipal Drive.