It's Almost Christmas
Ed Fuentes
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES —
Downtowners decorating the tree on Christmas Eve may want to take a break and walk over to the Music Center to see at least part of the L.A. County Holiday Celebration. It's the 48th edition of the show, bringing six hours of choirs, music ensembles, and dance companies to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Richard Montoya and Herbert Siguenza of Culture Clash are slated to host.
The show, which runs from 3pm to 9pm on the 24th, is free of charge and that low price even includes parking underneath the Music Center. The whole event is a gift from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and is produced by the County Arts Commission.
While there will also be a live broadcast on KCET (and later an edited version with highlights), this holiday tradition deserves a visit. If you are giving those out of town relatives a tour of Downtown, stop by for a set or two (you can come and go throughout the six hour show).
After the jump, the full program schedule.
Photos: Ed Krieger courtesy of L.A. County Holiday Celebration
48th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams
Opera California
Showtime Katusha
Golden State Pops Orchestra and Sheridan Ball Singers
Grupo Folklorico Sabor de Mexico
Los Angeles Master Chorale
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy
Harmonies Girls Choir
Stefani Valadez Ensemble
Palmdale High School Choral Union
Activities for Retarded Children and Adults Handbell Choir
Antelope Valley High School Vocal Music- Travel Ensemble
Clear Cosmo Art Studio
All-American Boys Choir
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez
Celebration! Entertainment Academy, Inc.
New Valley Symphony Orchestra
Colburn Children’s Choir
Kultura Philippine Folk Arts
Church of Scientology Choir of Los Angeles
Los Pinguos
Salvation Army Tabernacle Children’s Chorus
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Klezmer Juice
Valleyaires Barbershop Chorus
Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet Company
Jubilant Voices of Holman United Methodist Church
Dulcimers of Dunlore
Burbank Chorale
Extreme Klezmer Makeover
Combined Chamber Choir of San Gabriel Valley Children’s
Chorus and East Valley Children’s Chorus
7:00 - 8:00 pm
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San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus, Inc.
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Namaste Women’s Choir
Lian Ensemble
OLL Children’s Choir
Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Mariachi Divas
LA Chinese Chorale
Mandarin Orange Performing Arts
JazzAntiqua Music & Dance Ensemble
United Children’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Little Willie G. y los Tamaleros
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Deniece Williams and the Elements
meekorouse on December 24, 2007, at 01:24AM – #1
This sounds like a really cool thing.. I have seen/heard the Mariachi Divas perform previously (in part) and they're fantastic. While I'm not sure if we can stay as late as that, I know that either myself and possibly SeanYoda too may be taking a walk up that way tomorrow, (it's a regular workday for him so he's not sure when he'll get up that way). It sounds like a good reason to get out and celebrate the holidays though. =) There's just so many great performances on the schedule it'd be a shame not to check it out. Seems like there is a little something for everyone.
Merry Christmas to Eric, Ed, Dave & everyone at BlogDowntown! =)
Pamela "meeko" Rouse =)