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Mariposa, CA 95338

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Program Notes

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Our 20th Anniversary Season

Dear Friends of the MYSO -

Dear Friends - as our 20th Anniversary Season continues, our upcoming December 21st annual "Festive Holiday Concert" will be offered as a 2:00 MATINEE for the first time!

With darker evening hours on the actual Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year: we thought it might be helpful for those who don't like to drive at night.

But this concert is one of our most popular annual events, and I really encourage you to purchase your tickets ASAP - visit "http://tinyurl.com/MYSO12-21-24" now for your secure online purchase. As usual, advance-online tickets purchased by December 20 are still only $10 for Adults and $8 for Students. And remember: no printed tickets are mailed out, nor do you need to print anything at home. When you arrive at the entrance table, your name will be checked off against our master sheet.

And remember: ticket prices increase to $15 Adults, $10 Students if you wish to buy them at the door.

Oh, what a concert we have planned for you! As usual, we'll offer some seasonal music, along with shorter "pops"-type selections and a work I've wanted to program for years: Felix Mendelssohn's sunniest symphony, the 4th - subtitled "Italian." You know this one: its use is ubiquitous in commercials, film - especially in the 1979 hit movie "Breaking Away" where its exuberance nearly stole the show.

Here's what's on the program:

   •Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture (talk about ANOTHER great ubiquitous fun-fest!)
   •Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A Major - the "Italian"
   •Ken Mackie: Deck the Halls à la Bach (world premiere)
   •Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
   •Sir Arthur Sullivan: Overture to "The Mikado"
   •Franz von Suppé: Overture to "Light Cavalry"
   •Johann Strauss, II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube (Waltzes)
   •Les Marsden: Sierra Christmas Party (which has closed every one of our December concerts since 2002!)

As you can see, this one is strictly for fun, for great tunes, for light-hearted Holiday-Season enjoyment.

And please remember what I said from the VERY first - from our very first concert, which was held exactly (to the very day) 22 YEARS ago on Saturday, December 21, 2002:

I want this Holiday concert to be an occasion just for YOU: an event where you can forget about all the last-minute Christmas (and other) Holiday challenges and chores; a break from baking, Christmas card writing, gift-wrapping - all that, to have a wonderful couple of hours away from the cold (and perhaps snow?!) outside and INTO the warmth of the company of friends, family, visitors, neighbors. An afternoon to remember the heart-felt feeling which should be within us all 365 days of the year: love and respect for one another, our common humanity and pure, simple joy. All spurred by the gorgeous soundtrack of some of the most melodic music ever written, and performed right HERE, in Mariposa - the smallest town in all America with its own symphony orchestra!

What better way to get into the spirit of the Holidays than with the beauty, excitement and wonderful passion of live, symphonic music?

See you there! ------------------------------------------------------

Our 20th Anniversary Season. Wow!