Shepherds at the manger (Canterbury Cathedral).
Plainfielders have three outstanding holiday opportunities this weekend --
PLAINFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY: BOOK-SIGNING AND GIFTING EVENT
On Saturday afternoon, local authors will be hosted by the Plainfield Public Library at a book-signing event. Originally setting a goal of 20 authors, assistant library director Mary Ellen Rogan has been thrilled by the response -- with more than 30 authors slated to sign and sell their works at the event. For those book-lovers on your gift list (or for yourself), this is an easy one-stop opportunity to find them the perfect gift without battling the lines at the big box stores. Romance? Murder? Photography? New Jersey beers or minor league baseball? You'll find all this and more. Do yourself a favor and drop in.
Publication Party & Book Signing.
Saturday | 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Anne Louise Davis Meeting Room
Plainfield Public Library
Park Avenue and 8th Street
Saturday | 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Anne Louise Davis Meeting Room
Plainfield Public Library
Park Avenue and 8th Street
PLAINFIELD SYMPHONY: HOLIDAY POPS CONCERT
Playing with renewed vigor and enthusiasm under their new musical director Charles Prince, the PSO wowed the crowd at the opening concert of its 90th season in October.
On Saturday, Prince and the PSO offer a Holiday Pops Concert sure to bedazzle, including a medley of holiday carols as well as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Victor Herbert's March of the Toys, and Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride, an American classic.
Plainfield Symphony Holiday Pops Concert
Saturday | 7:00 PM
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church
East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue
(parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries)
$25 at the door; $5 off with the presentation of two non-perishable food items
(which will benefit Starfish, Plainfield's food pantry).
Tickets may also be purchased online at www.plainfieldsymphony.org/.
Saturday | 7:00 PM
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church
East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue
(parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries)
$25 at the door; $5 off with the presentation of two non-perishable food items
(which will benefit Starfish, Plainfield's food pantry).
Tickets may also be purchased online at www.plainfieldsymphony.org/.
CRESCENT CONCERTS: YULETIDE BY CANDLELIGHT
This annual gift to the community by the acclaimed Crescent Singers provides an opportunity to decompress from the holiday shopping and entertaining bustle, and find an inspiring location in which to center one's thoughts and hopes for the holidays and the New Year, drawing inspiration from the carols and music of the season, reflected in selections from ancient to modern. Recharge your inner self and reflect on the reason for the season.
Crescent Concerts: Yuletide by Candlelight.
Sunday | 5:30 PM
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church
Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street
(parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries)
Tickets: $20, $15/senior, $5/student
Sunday | 5:30 PM
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church
Watchung Avenue at East 7th Street
(parking in lot on First Place or at Swain Galleries)
Tickets: $20, $15/senior, $5/student
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2 comments:
dan - this is the second time the plainfield symphony has cheated ticket-buyers to lengthen time at the open bar afterwards. perhaps they should stop giving concerts and give cocktail parties instead. pat turner kavanaugh
Pat:
Let me tell you that I do agree with your concern and am not happy that we've had to shorten our first two concerts after our program has already been announced. It happened at our 90th Gala Concert because the concert was running over two hours in length which our audience has told us in the past is too long for a concert. So, Charles Prince, our new music director, graciously agreed to shorten one of the pieces he was conducting (The Three Cornered Hat Suite) from three movements to only the final movement.
And it happened at our holiday concert because we agreed it would be best, and more family friendly, to keep the length of the concert to 90 minutes. So we decided to cut one piece, the least known Sussex Mummers Carol. Since you attended the concert, you know it lasted just about 90 minutes and you saw that there were plenty of children in the audience. And you probably also noticed that some of those children were ready to see Santa and then go home.
I received multiple compliments from audience members after the performance but wish you had voiced your concern to me directly rather than through Dan's blog because we'll do better when we hear from all parties, not just the satisfied ones.
I agree with you that we shouldn't change our program after it's been announced but assure you it was done both times with only the pleasure and comfort of the audience in mind. And it had nothing to do with the cocktail parties afterward.
If you have any more concerns, please contact me directly at info@plainfieldsymphony.org
Thanks.
James Rowland
President
Plainfield Symphony
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