001Good evening everybody and welcome to the Carbondale area 2025 winter chorus concert. Um, we're going to get started in a moment with our junior high chorus, our seventh and eighth grade. Um, I know that our programs are on QR codes on your phones, but if you would just take a moment really quick to double check that your phones are either on vibrate or silent, that would be excellent. Um, and without further ado, we're going to get started. Thanks for being here. [applause] Everybody take a step. >> [music] [music] >> Christmas [singing] time is here. Happiness [music] and cheer. Fun [singing] for all that children call their favorite [music and singing] time of year. Snowflakes in the air. [music] everywhere. Olden [singing] times and ancient rhymes of [music] love and dreams to share. Sleigh bells in
002the [music] air. Beauty [singing] everywhere. You'll tie [music and singing] by the fire side and joyful meories there. [music] Oh, Christmas time [music] is here. We'll be [singing] drawing near. [music] Oh, that we could [singing] always see such spirit [music] through the year. [music] >> [music] >> Sleigh bells [singing] in the air, [music] beauty everywhere. You'll tie [music and singing] by the fire side and joyful meories [singing] [music] there. [singing] Christmas time is [music and singing] here. We'll be jo [music and singing] such spirit through the year. [music] Oh, that [singing] we could always see [music] such spirit through the year. >> [music] >> Christmas time. Christmas time [music] is [music] near 15 seconds. Okay, please. [snorts] >> [music] >> Children sleep. Snow is [singing and music] softly falling. Dreams are calling [music and singing]
003like bells in the [music] distance. We [singing] were dreamers not [music and singing] so long ago. But one [music and singing] by one we all [singing] had to grow [music] when it seems the magic slipped [singing] away. You find it all [music] again on Christmas day. Believe in [singing] what your heart is saying. Hear the me that's wait. [music and singing] There's no time to waste. There's so much to celebrate. Believe in what you feel [music and singing] inside. Give your dreams away to fly. You have everything [singing and music] you need if you just believe. [music] Trains [music and singing] move quickly [music] to their journey endestinations are where we begin [singing] again. Ships go sailing [music and singing] far across the [music] sea. trusting starlight [singing and music] to get where they [singing]
004need to be. [music] When it seems that we have lost our [singing] way, we find ourselves again on Christmas day. [music] Believe in what your heart is [singing] saying. Hear the melody that's playing. There's no time to waste. There's so much [music] to celebrate. Believe in what [singing] you feel inside. Give your dreams a way to fly. [music] You have everything you need. If you just [singing] believe. If you just believe. [music] If you just believe. [music and singing] If you just [music and singing] believe. Just [music and singing] believe. >> [music] [applause] >> One, two, three. Step up. >> [music] [music] >> Frosty snowman [music and singing] snowman. Frosty [singing] the snowman was [music] a truly happy soul with a corn [singing and music] [singing] [music] they say of snow let the children know
005how [music] he came [singing] to life one day. There must have been some [music] mag. [singing] [music] He began [singing] to dance around [music] [singing] [music] [singing] just the same as you and me. Frosty snowman [music and singing] snowman [music] frosty [singing] the snowman. So we can run and we'll have some fun before [music] [music and singing] the >> [music] >> and there [singing and music] is down [singing] the streets of town. [music] The traffic car [music] on his way. [singing] [music] I'll be back again someday. [singing] Nobody know. [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [applause] >> [applause and cheering] >> Hi, Mom. Okay. >> [music] >> Rocking [singing and music] around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop. [music] Mistletoe home where you can see every couple tries to stop [music] rocking around the
006Christmas tree. Let the Christmas [music] spirit ring. Late we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caring. [music] You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear voices singing. Let's be jolly dick. The holes with bells of holly rocking around the Christmas tree. Have a happy holiday. [music] Everyone dancing merrily in the new old fashion way. >> [music] [music] >> You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear voices singing. Let's be jolly tech. the hold with boughs of holly rocking [singing] around the [music] Christmas tree. Have a happy holiday. Everyone dancing merrily in the new old fashion way. [screaming] [screaming] >> [music] >> It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. [music and singing] Everywhere you go, take a look at the five [singing and music] and 10. It's glistening once again with
007candy canes and silver [music] lanes of [singing] glow. It's beginning to look a lot like [music] Christmas. Toys in every [singing] store. But the prettiest sight to see is [music] the holiday on your own [singing] front door. [music] A pair of boots and a wish [singing] [music] and mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go. There's a tree in the grand hotel at the park as well. It's beginning to look [music and singing] a lot like Christmas. The bells will [music] ring. The ring [singing] is the sing. [singing and music] [music] You need to stop doing this. Distract people. [crying] Oh Jesus. >> I need a break. [music] God rest. [singing and music] Let nothing you display. [music] Remember [singing] Christ
008our Savior was born [music] on Christmas day to save [singing] us all from Satan's power we were gone [singing] astray. Oh tidings of [music] comfort and joy. Comfort and joy. Oh tidings [singing] of comfort and joy. Joy, [singing and music] joy and his blessed day was born [music and singing] and earth [singing] blessed [music] in his mother. [singing and music] All tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and [music] joy. Oh, [singing] tidings of comfort and joy, joy, [singing] joy, tidings of comfort and [singing and music] joy. Comfort and joy. All tidings of comfort and joy. [music] My pill is I see my parents wonderful. >> [music] [music] >> I [music] [singing] dreaming of a wife [music] Christmas [singing] just like the ones I used [music and singing] to know. Where the [singing] tree [music] listen
009and children listen [singing] to [music] bells in the snow. [music and singing] Dreaming of Christmas. [singing] [music] is every Christmas [singing] I [music] [music and singing] be and [music] all [singing] your Christmases be [music] [music] dreaming [singing] of a white [music] Christmas with every Lord our [music] God, may your [singing] days be merry and bright [music] and may [singing] all [music] your Christmases be wise. [music] All your [singing and music] Christmases be [singing and music] okay. here. >> Mom, I want you to sing, too. >> [cheering] [bell] [music] >> You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I'm telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town. [bell] Santa [singing] Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. [music] [bell] He's making a list. He's checking it twice.
010[music] He's going to find out who's naughty or not. Santa [bell] Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus [music] is coming to town. [music] He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been [singing] bad or good. You better [music] be good for goodness sake. Better be good [music and singing] for goodness sake. You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pal. I'm telling you why. [music] Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus [music] is coming to town. >> [music] >> He sees you when you're sleeping. [music] He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good. You better be good for goodness sake. Better be good [music and singing]
011for goodness sake. You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I'm telling you why. Santa Claus is coming [music] to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. >> [bell] [music] [bell] >> Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. [music] Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa Claus is coming to town. [music] >> [bell] [music] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] >> Nice job. >> Thank you. >> Good job. So now I want Amazing. I'm scared. Yes. >> [music] >> ring. [music] Are you [singing] listening in the way? A beautiful [singing] happy [music] tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland. [music and singing] >> [singing and music] >> He sings a love song as we go along. Walking in [singing] a winter wonderland. You [music]
012can do the job in your [singing] town. Oh fire [music and singing] as we dream by the firef [singing and music] [music] [singing] [music] Yeah. Heat. [music] [singing] [music] Always walking in a winter wonderland. [singing] [music] [applause] Let me [laughter] see. Oh, [music and singing] holy night. The stars are brightly [music and singing] shining. It is the night of the [music] dear [singing] Savior's birth. [music] Long lay [singing] the world in sin [music] and error binding until he [singing] appeared and the soul [music] felt his worth. >> [music] >> The [singing] thrill of hope. The weery world rejoicees [music] for yonder [singing] grace on [music] new and glorious morning. [music] [singing] on your knees. [music] [singing] >> [music] >> All night [music] [singing] [music and singing] when Christ was Oh [music] divine [singing] [singing and
013music] night [music] [singing] your knees. Heat. Hey, Heat. [music and singing] [music] >> [singing] [music] >> divine [singing] when Christ [music] was born. [singing] [music] [singing] All night. [music] [music] [applause] >> [bell] [music] [bell] >> These are your good years. [singing] Don't [music] take my advice. You never wanted the nice foods anyway. And I'm of good cheer [singing] cuz I've [music] been checking my list. The gifts you're [singing] receiving from me will be one awkward silence [singing and music] and two hopes you cry yourself to sleep. Staying up, waiting by the phone. All I [singing and music] want is for you to dedicate your last breath to me before you [music and singing] bury yourself alive. Don't come home for Christmas. [singing and music] The last thing I want to see underneath the [music and
014singing] tree. Merry Christmas. I could [singing and music] care less. >> [music] >> Happy New Year's, [singing and music] baby. You owe me the best gift I will ever ask for. [music] Don't call me [singing] up when the snow comes down. It's the only thing I want this [singing and music] year. One awkward silence and two hopes. You cry yourself [singing] to sleep. Staying up, waiting by the [music] phone. All I want is for you to dedicate [music] your last bread [singing] to me before you bury yourself alive. So come home [music and singing] for Christmas. The last thing I want to see [singing and music] underneath the tree. [music] Merry Christmas. [singing] I could care less. Don't come [singing and music] home for Christmas. You're the last thing I want to see underneath the
015tree. [singing] Merry Christmas. [music] I could care less. [singing] Don't come over [music] Christmas. The last [singing] thing I want to see [music] underneath the tree. [singing] Merry [music] Christmas. I could care less. [music] [cheering] [applause] Go now. Don't take this >> [music] [music] >> Were you there? Were [singing] you there on that Christmas [music] night when the [singing] world was filled [music] with the holy light? Were [singing] you there to behold [music] when the wonderful came [singing] to earth? >> [music] >> Did you see? [music and singing] Did you see how they held him king with the gift [singing and music] so rare that they chose to [music] bring? Did you see how [singing] they bow as they praised [music] him alloud at his birth? [music] Did you [music] hear how the cries of
016[singing] angels sing [music] and the glory [singing] of [music] the son? Did you hear how the bells [singing] of heaven [music] ring all [music] [singing] through the night? [music] Did you [singing] know? Did you know it was [singing and music] you know it was [music and singing] the salvation? [singing] [music] Did you know [singing] it was love that was [music] sent from above? Did you [singing] know it was love that was sent from [singing] above to the earth? [music] [music] >> [applause and cheering] [applause] >> That's going to be nice. >> [music] >> Silent [singing] night. [music] Holy night, all [singing] is calm, all is bright. [singing and music] Oh young virgin, mother [singing] and child, [music] holy inant so tender and love. [singing] Sleep in heavenly peace. [singing and music] Sleep in [music] heavenly
017peace. [singing] Silent night, holy [singing] night, sheepers [singing] quake at the side. [singing] [music] Glory stream from heaven [singing] aar. [music] Heavenly host sing [singing and music] halleluah. Christ the savior [singing] is born. Christ [singing] the Savior [music] is born. [applause] >> Yeah. Keep [snorts] going. I me [singing] you We [singing] s [singing] >> [singing] >> Mal [singing] We are [singing] we [singing] amen. [music] [cheering] [applause] a minute or not. Have yourself a merry little Christmas. [singing] Let your heart be light. From now [singing] on, your troules will be out of [singing] sight. [music] Have [singing] yourself a merry little Christmas. [singing and music] Make the old time game. From now [singing] on, your troubles will be miles away. [music] Here we are as in [singing] olden days. [music] Happy golden days of your [singing]
018[music] faithful friends [singing] who are dear to us. Gather near to us [singing] once [music] more. Through the years [singing] we all will [music] be together. If the [singing] face allow [music] a [singing] shining star upon the highest B. So have yourself a merry [singing] little [music] Christmas. Have yourself a merry little Christmas. [singing and music] So have yourself a merry little Christmas [singing] [music] now. [singing] [music] [applause] Um before we do our last song, I just wanted to thank you all again for being here. Um it takes a village to put something like this together. I've had a lot of help um from Miss McDermott, our band director. Um all of the decorations, the snowflakes were made by the art students and Miss uh Janelle Phillips. And I have to shout out because they
019told me I had to. Angie Mtos and Payton Plouden helped me hang everything up. [applause] I had to make fun of them for telling me to shout them out, but um I wanted to shout out a couple more people. Um Julian Fedorch who played piano on one of our pieces tonight. [applause] Um Salem Pney, who will be playing drum set on our last song with us. [applause] um all of our administration, Mr. Frell, Mr. Gabriel, Mrs. Ser, um all of the students, all of the soloists, and you. Thank you for coming, and thank you for being with us. Have a happy holiday. Thank you. [applause] Let's go. >> [laughter] [music] >> hang on the missile to I'm going [singing] to get to >> [music] >> Christmas. [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] A very [singing]
020special Christmas [music] [singing] [music] [singing] around Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [singing] >> Heat. Heat. [singing] [music] Yeah. [music] [music and singing] Get to know you better. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [singing] [music] [singing] Heat. Heat. Heat. [singing] [music] [singing] Merry Christmas. [music] [singing] [music] A very special Christmas [music] for me. [music] Merry Christmas. [music] [singing] Merry Christmas. [music] Wait. [cheering] [applause] [cheering] >> Thank you all. Um, I know that most of the students have belongings in my classroom, so they will meet you right back out here by the door. Thank you so much and everybody have a great holiday. Thank you. I guess >> I don't think