The Penobscot Bay Singers are busy preparing their annual Christmas program, to be presented on Saturday, December 13, 7:30 PM at Union Hall in Searsport and Sunday, December 14, 3:00 PM at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on Court Street in Belfast. Suggested donation is $15 per adult. Children are always welcome accompanied by an adult with no donation expected. The Penobscot Bay Singers is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. More information may be found on FaceBook at Penobscot Bay Singers.

This year the Penobscot Bay Singers are partnering with the Soap Closet. a Belfast-based charitable organization

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The Penobscot Bay Singers are busy preparing their annual Christmas program, to be presented on Saturday, December 13 and Sunday, December 14, respectively at Union Hall in Searsport and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Belfast. This year the Singers will offer a varied selection of seasonal music, including John Rutter's Angels' Carol and Matthew Culloton's God's Mother Be, both with harp accompaniment, and Matthew Culloton's beautiful arrangement of Silent Night, with accompaniment by flute and harp. 

The guest harpist will be Danielle Paus of Phippsburg, Maine, a well-known and widely experienced young musician who has recorded extensively and is currently applied music instructor in harp at Colby College. The flutist will be Diana Brown of Stockton Springs. In addition to the pieces for chorus and harp, Ms. Paus will also offer the beautiful Interlude from Benjamin Bitten's Ceremony of Carols. Other pieces in the program include Britten's Hymn to the Virgin, along with works by Robert Farrell, Jan Sweelinck, Josef Rheinberger, Alan Hovaness, John Joubert and Reginald Jacques. The Penobscot Bay Singers are conducted by Richard Dostie of Fairfield, and their pianist is Linnea Johnson of Belfast.

The concerts will be held on Saturday, December 13, 7:30 PM at Union Hall in Searsport and Sunday, December 14, 3:00 PM at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on Court Street in Belfast. Suggested donation is $15 per adult. Children are always welcome accompanied by an adult with no donation expected. The Penobscot Bay Singers is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. More information may be found on FaceBook at Penobscot Bay Singers.

This year the Penobscot Bay Singers are partnering with the Soap Closet. a Belfast-based charitable organization. The Soap Closet distributes soap and hygiene products not available through the food stamp program.  The products carried are laundry soap, dish soap, dental supplies, shampoo, deodorant, toilet tissue and body soap. Please help the Penobscot Bay Singers support this organization by donating an item from the above list at the door of the concert.  Further information may be found on FaceBook "the Waldo County Soap Cabinet".