Featuring the LIYA String Quartet
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Christi Salisbury, Violin  •  Domenico Luca Trombetta, Viola
David Feldman, Cello  •  Special Guest Joseph J. Nigro, Violin
And choir members of Amherst area churches
with audience participation

Performance at Ascension Episcopal Church
253 South Main Street, Amherst, Virginia 24521
Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 7 pm
Dinner in parish hall at 5:30 pm for donation to
Ascension furnace fund.

Concert tickets are $15 for adults and seniors, $2 for students K-12 and $5 for college students. 
​All tickets can be ordered through lynchburgtickets.com or may be purchased at the door starting 45 minutes before each performance.

As you know we are all trying very hard to help our friends at Ascension Episcopal Church get their badly needed new furnace. Towards that end, on this Saturday, December 15th, Nell Kinnier and her trusty cooks are spearheading an Episcopal Church Women's Dinner at 5:30 pm for a donation for the furnace.  
 
At 7 pm Amherst Glebe Arts Response (AGAR) is sponsoring "Peace and Joy to the World" featuring the wonderful Lynchburg Liya String Quartet playing such seasonal favorites as selections from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker."  Pachelbel's "Christmas," Handel's "Messiah" and international carols,  They will be joined by  choir and chorus singers from around the community and also the audience in singing familiar Advent and Christmas carols and Handel's "HALLELUJAH!" chorus from Messiah. Rehearsal for the community singers will take place at 5:30 pm on December 13th in the Sanctuary of Ascension Episcopal Church, 253 South Main Street, Amherst, 24521.  Singers will be admitted free to the concert on December 15THin the Ascension sanctuary.
 
Please note : CHOIR AND CONCERT SINGERS WILL BE ADMITTED FREE TO CONCERT ON DECEMBER 15TH. We particularly need men singers at this time.  The dinner contribution is up to you, but an anonymous friend is matching with $5 any chorus or choir singer’s dinner donation. 
The Menu is planned, according to chef Nell Kinnier to include: Lemon Sweet cucumbers with dill and onion, broccoli salad, citrus marinated chicken, shrimp and grits, peas with caramelized shallots, mashed potatoes with chive butter, rolls and butter, gooey chocolate fudge cake, brown sugar pie and apple pie, and beverages. Dinner reservations should be made if you are coming by calling 434-946-9064.
We have planned this event to be a good one for Amherst residents to invite and bring  older or frailer neighbors who may not be able to drive to or attend concerts in Lynchburg or Charlottesville. Please consider bringing such an individual from your family, neighborhood and church. The concert will end by 8:30 pm. Concert tickets for NON-SINGERS are $24 for families of up to six persons, $15 for adults, $2 for students K-12 and people with disabilties, $5 for college students. They can be purchased in advance from LynchburgTickets.com or at the Ascension church door on the 15th.  There are wheelchair accessible spots in the sanctuary but please call in advance to make sure they are not already reserved.  
 
YOU are invited to be part of the choir and chorus, to rehearse for one hour on Thursday December 13thand to participate in the sing-along on December 15th.  Please RSVP to this invitation to sing and to eat – let us know about whether you can do both, either or neither.  
 
Please pass this information and the concert poster attached to anyone you think would like to participate or attend.  If anyone has been left out, the omission was inadvertent -- all are welcome to participate and to attend. 
 
We hope to see and hear you (and watch you eat) on the 15th of December at Ascension Episcopal Church.!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Furnace! See our poster attached.

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All tickets can be ordered online through LYNCHBURG TICKETS.   
They may also be purchased at the door starting 45 minutes before each performance.     
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Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR)   |   PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533   |   (434) 989-3215
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