The Noteables will present their winter concert series, The Winter Gift, December 8-10 in Salida and Buena Vista.

Under the direction of Linda Taylor, the chorus will perform a wide variety of holiday music, including unusual arrangements of familiar carols, winter ballads, humorous selections and songs of peace and hope.

The Noteables, will welcome in the holiday season with We Three Kings, Ella Fitzgerald’s Hotta Chocolatta and A Celtic French Carol. Other selections include a powerful arrangement of the hymn, See Amid the Winter’s Snow, the familiar, Deck the Halls and Winter Wolf which follows the challenges of the lone wolf through the change of seasons.

Continuing onto the second half of the program The Noteables will perform an unusual version of Angels We Have Heard On High, An Advent Yearning and The Winter Gift, a heartwarming song that celebrates winter treasures: time for silence and reflection, time for peace, hope and joy.  

Rounding out the program, a twelve voice ensemble will sing the fanciful A Star Dances, A Child Sings and Bruce Warren will perform four holiday songs on hammered dulcimer.

 The concert will feature guest instrumentalists: Oso Blanco, drums; Kathryn Wadsworth, trumpet; Kate Chiras, electric bass; Brenda Covert, flute; Bruce Warren, hammered dulcimer.

 Performances:

 Friday: December 8, 7:00 pm at Clearview Community Church, 457 Rodeo Road, Buena Vista

Saturday: December 9, 7:00pm at United Methodist Church 228 E. Fourth Street, Salida

Sunday: December 10, 3:00 pm at Salida SteamPlant, W. 220 Sackett Ave. Salida

 Suggested donation is $15 to help pay for the cost of music and publicity. For more information, call Linda Taylor, 719 539-2428. www.salidasings.org