The Crookston High School Music Department will present the 19th Annual Classic Noel on Sunday, December 2 at the Crookston High School. The Crookston High School Orchestra and Choir will perform dinner will be catered by Paul Gregg and the Irishman’s Shanty and pie from Kim Samuelson and RBJ’s Restaurant will be served. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served in the Crookston High School commons at 6:00 p.m. The dinner menu includes ham with baked potato, cooked carrots, tossed salad, bread roll, and choice of pie. Tickets for the evening are $20 for the dinner and the concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Crookston High School Auditorium. “The choir and orchestra are working together to put on a beautiful evening,” said Crookston High School Choir Director Belinda Fjeld.
The senior co-chairs for the Classic Noel are Gina Visness and Karly Resendiz.
Crookston High School Orchestra Director Hailey Ellis said they have a good selection of music for this year’s performance. “We are doing a selection of three English carols, which include He We Come A-Caroling, Coventry Carol, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, so some very classic pieces,” said Ellis. “We also will be playing a piece from Strauss called Pizzicato Polka and it is a real novelty piece and a lot of fun. We are bringing back Peace, Peace as our closer between the choir and the orchestra.”
The students put a lot of work to put on the concert and meal. “It is a real enjoyable evening and it is a lot of work for the kids, but it is a lot of fun,” said Fjeld. “We transform the commons into a beautiful dining hall and the people are seated at the tables and are entertained throughout the evening.”
The silent auction item committee of Katherine Geist, Emily Gillette, and Elizabeth Erdman are asking local businesses to put a basket or item up for the silent auction with all the proceeds going to the Crookston High School music department.
Dawn Resendiz of D & D Thomfordes will be selling poinsettias for $15 at the Classic Noel with $5 of each sale going back to the music department.
You can get tickets for $20, which includes the dinner and concert, for the Classic Noel at Montague’s Flower Shop, Crookston Floral, the Crookston High School office and from choir and orchestra students. For people that want to go to the concert, only that is the regular concert admission of $4 for adults and $3 for children.
The Crookston Junior High combined (band, choir, and orchestra) will have a concert on Monday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Crookston High School Auditorium. There will be no admission charged.
