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Symphony tunes up for holiday shows By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek United Methodist Church will be filled with holiday music Dec. 18. The church will host two concerts by the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra. The afternoon event “A Kids’ Christmas” will begin at 2:30, and “Christmas Pops” will be that evening at 7:30. Saturday’s concerts mark the orchestra’s 15th anniversary season, each led by Music Director and conductor J. Wayne Baughman. While directed at children, “A Kids’ Christmas” will be fun for the whole family, or “kids from one to 92,” as “The Christmas Song” says. The hour-long concert, hosted by Ben Assaf, will be sensory-friendly and feature seasonal favorite tunes, interactive sing-alongs and a visit from Santa Claus himself. A quiet room has been set aside for use by individuals who may need a moment to de-escalate from sensory exposure like those with Autism, Baughman said. This is the orchestra’s second time hosting “A Kids’ Christmas” which will have a very loose concert structure ideal for families with younger children, Baughman said. Saturday evening’s concert, “Christmas Pops,” will be more traditional, featuring holiday and seasonal music and will last roughly 90 minutes with a 20-minute intermission between two sets. Joining the orchestra is guest host,
featured soloist and Fox Theatre organist Ken Double and the Johns Creek Chorale, directed by Nathan Frank. For more information on the Dec. 18 concerts or to purchase tickets, visit johnscreeksymphony.org or call 678-748-5802.
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Ken Double, Fox Theatre organist, rehearses on the Johns Creek United Methodist Church’s Aeolian Skinner organ Dec. 13. Double is trained as a theater organist but will perform on the church’s classical organ as part of the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra’s “Christmas Pops” concert Dec. 18.
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