A Visit with the Gov'nor

Well, not really--Governor Perdue was not at the Mansion, but here are some highlights from today's Musical Morningside concert:



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NEWS RELEASE
December 17, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Morningside Elementary choir, handbells players bring holiday songs to Georgia governor’s mansion
ATLANTA – Morningside Elementary School brought its “Music of the Season” to
the Georgia Governor’s Mansion Wednesday, delighting scores of visitors that
included a Woodstock seniors group, book club members and a Chinese delegation.
Morningside was one of about 350 Georgia schools that received invitations to
apply to perform in the annual Governor’s Mansion Christmas Tours, through the
Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Music Educators Association.
The first 48 schools to accept the invitation were included in this year’s program,
provided they had not performed in the mansion during the past three years – part of
an effort to give more schools an opportunity to participate.
Morningside’s chorus opened with the seasonal, “Winter Wonderland,” and
continued with more than a dozen other holiday favorites such as “Jingle Bells,”
“Jingle Bell Rock,” and “Christmas Time Is Here,” as well as “Jubilate Deo,” a Spanish
“Pablo the Reindeer,” the translingual Hanukkah piece, “Ochon Kandelikas” and the
African-American Kwanzaa favorite, “Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow.”
The handbells ensemble performed “Deck the Halls” and “Greensleeves,” while
joining the chorus for joint performances of “Silent Night” and a handful of others. Lily
Guthrie brought down the house with a rousing rendition of Jimmy Buffet’s,
“Christmas Island,” accompanied by dad Jimmy Guthrie on ukulele. Pianist Allie
Schneider went solo on “Pachelbel Canon in D” and “What Child Is This?” Dancers
swayed to Hanukkah lights piece, “Zemer Atik,” accompanied by trumpeter John
Lansing and trombonist Jed Edwards. And soloist Helena Pliszka played the traditional
Russian favorite, “Kalinka,” accompanied by Reilly Blum on violin.