When composer George Frideric Handel debuted this oratorio in 1742, the reception was modest. But in the years the followed, it grew into one of the best-loved and most-performed choral works in Western music.
“Santacon is not a bar crawl, pub crawl or bar hop. Every time you call it that, a sugarplum fairy dies.”
According to the tradition that has evolved, any musician can play in a TubaChristmas concert as long as he or she plays an instrument in the tuba family. It’s a sort of collective catharsis of the simmering frustration of always being the poor stepchildren of the orchestra’s wind section
Watching for birds will slow your heartbeat, lower your blood pressure, sharpen your observational skills, get you more in tune with the Earth’s eternal rhythms.
Woodstock Tradition has it that the Winter Solstice won’t happen unless Happy Traum and his Friends get together to perform a concert celebrating its arrival.
About this time each year, singer/songwriter Tom Pacheco designates a local appearance as a “Peace Concert…”
The town is considering reducing the speed limit on the south side, from Old Stage Rd. to the village line.
The Department of Health is recommending that students receive a third dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which it will provide free of charge. It will also assist with staffing and running the clinic.
Parking fees not the answer; land of the oil.
The Saugerties Reformed Church is hosting a series of talks intended for “Nones and Dones,” those without a religious affiliation or those who are simply “done;” who used to have an affiliation but no longer do because of doubts or negative experiences.