Christmas is in the Air: BCHS Christmas Concert 2023
Welcome!
Thank you for joining us during our Christmas Program! The music you hear today is the culmination of weeks and months of work by our Band Students.
At the end, we will finish our concert program with our annual holiday tradition of playing A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson with combined band including our Alumni!
BCHS Director, Myles Moore
BCHS Asst. Director, Justin Burnham
James Mercorella, Jazz Concertmaster
Evan Harris, Wind Ensemble Concertmaster
TBA, Symphonic Band Concertmaster
Kelsey Johnson, Stage Manager
Kaiden Bowers, Stage Manager
Sunny Thomas, Stage Manager
Special Thanks
We appreciate the continued support of….
Superintendent Sherrie Raulerson
Board Member Tiffany McInarnay
Board Member Jack Baker Jr.
Board Member Paula Barton
Board Member Mandi Canaday
Booard Member Amanda Hodges
Principal Johnnie Jacobs
Vice Principal Steve Cannon
Asst. Principal Donna Gurganious
Teacher on Special Assignment Angela Rhoden
Teacher on Special Assignment Danyle Lewis
The Faculty and Staff at BCHS
Director of Bands at BCMS Clay Keel
Director of Athletics Kevin Mays
Director of Activities Mark Hartley
Baker County Band Boosters
Fabulous Footwork
& All of our Generous Sponsors!
Jazz Ensemble
Carribbean Christmas
by Doug Beach and George Shutack
Kensey Eldridge, Alto Saxophone
Alekzander Tsaregorodtsev, Trumpet
Silence
by Franz Gruber/ Arranged by Paul Murtha
Alekzander Tsaregorodtsev, Trumpet
Kensey Eldridge, Alto Saxophone
Comfort and Joy
Traditional/ Arranged by Rick Hirsch
Leondra Douglass, Tenor Saxophone
Kensey Eldridge, Alto Saxophone
Claire Potts, Piano
Jonathan Lowther, Drum Set
Wildcat Vocal Ensemble
Ishe Oluwa
West African Traditional
iJingle Jingle
by James Lord Pierpoint/ Arranged by Steve Kupferschmid
Schedule Item
2:30 PM
BCHS Percussion Ensembles
Christmas Percussion Ensemble Music, prepared by the students.
Ukrainian Bell Carol
by Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovich/ Arranged by Tyler Acari
LaTianna Bridges, Bells
Dere'on Barbe, Xylophone
Kierra Martin, Marimba
Benjamin Bridges, Marimba
Dakota Wilburn, Percussion
Greensleeves
Traditional English Folk Song/ Arranged by Matthew Putnam
Dakota Wilburn, Bells
Perry Murphree, Xylophone
Kierra Martin, Marimba
Benjamin Bridges, Marimba
LaTianna Bridges, Percussion
BCHS Symphonic Band
Do You Hear What I Hear
by Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne/ Arranged by Michael Sweeney
God Rest Ye Merry, Peeps!
Traditional/ Arranged by Ed Kiefer
BCHS Percussion Ensembles
Christmas Percussion Ensemble Music, prepared by the students.
The Coventry Carol
Traditional English Carol/ Arranged by Matthew R. Putnam
Jamie Prevatt, Bells
Jack Lowther, Xylophone
Perry Murphree, Marimba
Anthony Guthrie, Marimba
Claire Potts, Percussion
Russian Dance (Trepak)
by Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky/ Arranged by Tyler Acari
Dere'on Barbre, Bells
Jamie Prevatt, Xylophone
Jack Lowther, Marimba
Claire Potts, Marimba
Anthony Guthrie, Percussion
Baker County High School Wind Ensemble
Ancient Carol Variants
Traditional/ Arranged by Chris M. Bernotas
You Better Sleigh
by JaRod Hall
Baker County Combined Band & Alumni
A Christmas Festival
by Leroy Anderson/ Transcribed by Robert W. Smith
A Christmas Festival Lyrics
Please sing along with us!
Joy to the world, the Lord is Come
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev’ry heart prepare him room,
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n and heaven and nature sing.
Deck the hall with boughs of holly.
Fa la la la la la la la la.
‘Tis the season to be jolly.
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Toll the ancient yuletide carol.
Fa la la la la la la la la.
God rest ye merry gentlemen;
let nothing you dismay.
Remember, Christ our savior
was born on Christmas day
to save us all from Satan’s pow’r
when we were gone astray.
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy. Oh,
tidings of comfort and joy.
Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King;
peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful all ye nations rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with angelic hosts proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King.”
Silent night, holy night
all is calm, all is bright
‘round yon Virgin
mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
sleep in heavenly peace,
sleep in heavenly peace.
Dashing through the snow
in a one horse open sleigh
o’er the fields we go
laughing all the way: “Ha, ha ha!”
Bells on bobtail ring,
making spirits bright; what fun it is to ride and sing
a sleighing song tonight. Oh,
jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way;
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way;
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!
Glory to God;
Glory in the highest! Oh,
come let us adore him. Oh,
come let us adore him. Oh,
come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
Words of Encouragement!
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