St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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Williams Student Symphony to Perform “France through the Ages”
09:46AM / Monday, November 24, 2008
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Williams Student Symphony will give a concert on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. in Thompson Memorial Chapel. This free event is open to the public.
This evening of music will feature Scott Smedinghoff '09, organ in Poulenc’s Organ Concerto. Also on the program is more French music ranging from the pre-Baroque period to the twentieth century, including Faure's Masques et Bergamasques, and Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte. The orchestra will also present arrangements of early French dance pieces by Leo Brown '11.
The Williams College Student Symphony is a 50-member orchestra conducted and administered by students, Teng Jian Khoo '09 and Leo Brown '11 with sponsorship by the Department of Music. The Student Symphony performs twice per year.
Recent performances by the Student Symphony have featured orchestral classics such as Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, and Mendelssohn's Die Hebrides. The orchestra's repertoire is continually expanding to incorporate 20th-century music by composers such as Bartok and Barber. The Symphony also regularly features student soloists in works as diverse as Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings, and Szymanowski's monumental Stabat Mater.
