Now in their thirty-third season, the Hickory Choral Society performed their annual Christmas Concert at the Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory on December 3, 4, and 5.
We have heard good choral groups before, but this is a special, joyful collection of artists having fun singing those great old songs of the Christmas season along with some of the less well known melodies of ancient tradition. They were accompanied by their Chamber Orchestra of about 35 performers including violins, cellos, flute, oboe, clarinet, horns, harp, tuba, percussion and more. The church is a perfect combination of architecture, ambiance, and acoustics. The audience apparently is as familiar with the program as the performers are, and they too were a group of happy people having fun by being joyful together. One more time when we felt we were just a small part of a large collection of people who are happy to call Hickory their home.
