In their seventh season, the Seattle Women’s Chorus will lift up their angelic voices with a combination of joyful numbers and inspirational carols to perform “Making Spirits Bright.”
The women’s chorus, now at more than 250 members, plan to melt your holiday cares away with an eclectic program of traditional and very untraditional songs of the season.
Be prepared for some mischievous delight as the chorus is joined by a trio of singing chipmunks. Then be taken on a nostalgic journey with the music of some unforgettable women singer-songwriters including Mary Chapin Carpenter and Joni Mitchell, followed by an irreverent “Womyn’s Winter Solstice Festival” that may well leave your cheeks red with laughter.
“Making Spirits Bright” starts at 7:30 tonight at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets are $20, $25 and $15. Call 206-388-1400 or go to www.seattlewomenschorus.org or www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.
“Holiday Magic: An Evening in December, Featuring Stan Boreson”: This family concert promises to be filled with traditional holiday music and features Everett native and true American treasure, Stan Boreson.
Boreson, dubbed the “King of Scandinavian Humor,” brings his iconic Norwegian style and his accordion to the Edmonds Center for the Arts, on the heels of celebrating 60 years in show business and the November release of his new CD, “I Just Don’t Look Good Naked Anymore.”
Though classic Boreson, audiences will probably remember him most for his Christmas songs which are now featured on two CDs, “Stan Boreson Fractures Christmas” and “Yust Go Nuts At Christmas.”
Those Christmas songs include “Walking in my Winter Underwear” with lyrics such as: “I’m itchin’ up here and scratchin’ down there cuz I’m walking in my winter underwear.”
Other Boreson Christmas favorites are “All I Want For Christmas (Is My Upper Plate),” “Yingle Bells, Yingle Bells,” “Ragnar the Flatnosed Reindeer” and “Uncle Sven Is Coming To Town.”
With 16 albums, two videos and 18 years on television, Boreson is known throughout the Northwest as a legendary comedian who can’t stop singing. His longest running and most successful television show, “Kings Klubhouse,” earned him the national “Children’s Entertainer Award.”
“Holiday Magic: An Evening in December” performs at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave., N., Edmonds. Tickets are $15, $13 and $5. Call 425-275-9595 or go to www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.
“A Festival of Lessons & Carols”: The Northwest Boychoir continues its 31-year tradition with a concert series featuring eight regional performances in December.
These holiday concerts showcase the 80-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, “A Festival of Lessons & Carols” consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
“A Festival of Lessons & Carols” concerts are open to the public and will run Dec. 11 to 22 at various churches and other venues throughout the Puget Sound. For a complete schedule and to order advance tickets go to www.nwchoirs.org or call Northwest Choirs at 206-524-3234.
Local concerts are planned for 7 p.m. Dec. 20. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. Tickets are $22, $17 and $12. Call 206-524-3234 or go to www.nwchoirs.org, as well as 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 and 22. at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets start at $20. Call 206-215-4747 or go to www.seattlesymphony.org.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; goffredo@heraldnet.com.
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