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A Musical Gift for All with the GFSO
(12/25/11) The Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Charles Peltz, and the GFSO Children's Chorus perform holiday favorites. Recorded live at Glens Falls High School December 11, 2011.
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A North Country Christmas with the Glens Falls Symphony
(12/24/10) The Glens Falls Symphony, under the direction of Charles Peltz, is joined by the GFSO Children's Chorus and singer & fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger and guitarist Bethany Waickman for a concert of holiday favorites. Recorded December 12, 2010.
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The Crystal: A sweet Christmas story
Deborah Dunleavy
Deborah Dunleavy
(12/22/10) Brockville storyteller Deborah Dunleavy shares a childhood Christmas story about her grandfather's homemade candy canes.
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When Christmas Trees Were Tall
(01/12/07) Performed by Stringfolks for UpNorth Music on January 12, 2007.
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A Franklin Manor Christmas, part 1
Franklin Manor, Walle Conoly, ill.
Franklin Manor, Walle Conoly, ill.
(12/11/05) Paul Willcott of Saranac Lake reads his original Adirondack holiday story set in a down-at-heels former cure cottage and monastery occupied by a lonesome ex-professor. His grumpy solitude is troubled by ghosts, runaways, and a variety of everyday neighborhood angels.

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A Franklin Manor Christmas, part 2
Susan and The Professor, Walle Conoly, ill.
Susan and The Professor, Walle Conoly, ill.
(12/11/05) Paul Willcott of Saranac Lake reads his original Adirondack holiday story set in a down-at-heels former cure cottage and monastery occupied by a lonesome ex-professor. His grumpy solitude is troubled by ghosts, runaways, and a variety of everyday neighborhood angels.

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Holiday Concert at Edwards Opera House
(12/10/05) The evening of December 10, 2005, the historic Edwards Opera House was packed with holiday revelers to hear a great concert of the music of the season. This hour-long excerpt contains music by Martha Gallagher, the Adirondack Harper, and the St. Lawrence University Laurentian Singers, directed by Barry Torres and accompanied by Barbara Phillips-Farley.
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2005 Crane Candlelight Concert
(12/04/05) The Annual Candlelight Concert from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam was presented in Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall on December 4, 2005. It featured the Crane Chorus, The Men's Ensemble, The Phoenix Club and Touring choir conducted by Adam Adler, Rebecca Reames and Heather Eyerly and The Crane Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Christopher Lanz. Tenor soloist was tenor Kirk Dougherty.
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An Imaginary Hometown Band Concert, July 4, 1913
Lowville Band, early 1900s
Lowville Band, early 1900s
The Edison cylinder recordings used to create this concert were brought to the NCPR studio June 28, 2005 by Rebecca Hopfinger of Clayton, along with a gramophone decorated with roses by her Aunt Bertha.
The Edison cylinder recordings used to create this concert were brought to the NCPR studio June 28, 2005 by Rebecca Hopfinger of Clayton, along with a gramophone decorated with roses by her Aunt Bertha.
(06/28/05) Following the late picnic dinner with family on the Green, and before the fireworks display, the bandshell next to the memorial fills with brassmen from all around. Tunes both popular and patriotic carry all the way to the courthouse on the cooling summer air.

Concert Program:
U.S. Army Lancers Third Figure
Smiler Rag, 1907
Reed Bird
The Thousand and One Nights Waltz, Strauss
Barney Medley
Bachelors Button
Turkey in the Straw Medley, 1904
Fol-the-Rol-Lol Medley, 1906
El Capitan March, Sousa
Chinese March
Sweet Sixteen's March
American Republic March, 1900
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St. Lawrence University Candlelight Service
(12/08/04) A holiday worship service featuring the voices of the University Chorus and The Laurentian Singers performing under the direction of Barry Torres with accompanist Barbara Phillips-Farley, Rosemary Phillips and Catherine Jahncke. Lisa Scrivani-Tidd is University organist, and John Ellis is professor of trumpet at The Crane School of Music. Thanks to the Chaplain's Office, Rev. Kathleen Buckley, The University Chorus and The Laurentian Singers for permission to share this service with the community. This concert was recordrd in the University's historic Gunnison Memorial Chapel on December 8, 2004.

Program:
Past Three O'Clock: The Laurentian Singers
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Call to Worship
From Far Away: The University Chorus
First Reading
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
The Friendly Beasts: The University Chorus
Second Reading
O Magnum Mysterium: The Laurentian Singers
Prayer for Advent
Litany: From a poem by Jamie Sims
Adeste Fidelis
Third Reading
The Huron Carol: The Laurentian Singers
Fourth Reading
Betelehemu (Nigerian Christmas Song): The Laurentian Singers
Three Noble Kings: The University Chorus
Fifth Reading
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Cantique de Noel: The Laurentian Singers
Benediction
Joy To The World
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