Invitation to Advent Concert

By Katie Deem
First United Methodist Church invites the students and faculty of West Virginia University at Parkersburg to attend its annual Advent concert in celebration and anticipation of the Christmas season. The concert will be held at First United Methodist Church on Tenth and Juliana Streets on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.

Choir members from St. Paul’s United Methodist, Stout Memorial United Methodist, First Baptist, First Presbyterian, First Lutheran, and Trinity Episcopal Churches will present a program that includes selections by Bach, Mozart, Rutter, Tschesnekoff, and many other traditional holiday favorites. The Parkersburg South High School concert choir will join the church choirs to form a thirty- to forty-member choir. Conductor Dennis D. Deem II shares that “This concert brings together several of the area's fine choirs.” The performance will also feature several local instrumentalists.

The concert is free to the public. An offering will be taken up at the close of the concert. Accommodations for persons with disabilities are available.