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Lake Wobegon® Brass Band Holiday Concert
Lake Wobegon® Brass Band to perform holiday concert benefit
Event proceeds go to Families Moving Forward
The public is invited to join an annual holiday tradition – an evening of majestic holiday music concert performed as a benefit for a program serving families experiencing homelessness.
The Lake Wobegon® Brass Band will perform Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 pm at Colonial Church of Edina. There is no cost to attend the concert and refreshments will be served. A free will offering will be taken for Families Moving Forward, an emergency shelter program for homeless families operating 365 days a year at hosting congregations that open their doors, including Colonial Church. The program serves 8 families at a time, or about 65 families a year. Families Moving Forward is a program of Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative.
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The band is known for its traditional English brass band sound. Selections will include Michael Halstenson’s composition, “Welcome, Christmas!” “I Saw Three Ships,” “Suite from "Christmas: Short & Suite,” “'T’was the Night Before Christmas,” “It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.”