The trumpet section invites you to attend the Mid-York Concert Band's annual holiday performance. L-R are Mike Tefft, Robert Denz, Randy Cresci, Doug Keith and John Seninger. Absent from the photo were Bill Gaston and Christina Cresci-Hawkins. (Submitted photo)

NORWICH — The Mid-York Concert Band is inviting you to its annual holiday performance beginning at 2 p.m. at the Norwich High School Auditorium on Sunday, December 11. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m.

We are privileged to welcome Maestro Doug Ernst as our new director. Kicked off by the “Star Spangled Banner," classical musical offerings will include “Kazachok,” a Russian “Prisyadka” kick dance co-written by Tchaikovsky and the Renaissance “Canzona” by Giovanni Gabrieli.

There will be “A Christmas Festival” sing-along and two Hannukah selections. The audience will be familiar with “Sleigh Ride” by LeRoy Anderson and the “Polar Express," a favorite of the children.

Please make every effort to attend this show made up of 40 musicians who are teachers, professionals, and dedicated amateurs from many of our surrounding counties.

This ensemble is made possible with public funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Earlville Opera House.

-Information provided by the Mid-York Concert Band