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• Ladies’ Christmas Celebration
November 7, 9:30 am – 4 pm at Cascade Community Church, Abbotsford
Aglow International Canada invites all ladies to a celebration, including a free
lunch, speakers and fun crafts.
Contact 604.846.4900, obie1000@hotmail.com
• The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
November 13 – January 2 at Pacific Theatre, Vancouver
This adaptation of the beloved C.S. Lewis novel keeps the magic alive, as the
young adventurers return to the wardrobe to relive their fantastic adventure in
the land of Narnia.
Contact 604-731-5518, pacifictheatre.org
• Christmas Shopping Spree
November 21, 7 pm at IFBC Gymnasium, Abbotsford
Get a head start on buying presents, and help a good cause. All proceeds of
Psalm 23 Society’s 4th annual Dinner & Silent Auction will go toward operating the new House of Angels women’s recovery centre. RSVP: psalm23society@shaw.ca
• Royal Heirs
November 28, evening at Broadway Church, Vancouver
December 4, lunch at Cloverdale Baptist.
Celebrating more than 45 years of southern gospel music, the Royal Heirs are as
busy as ever. They will be performing at Christmas banquets at both of these
churches.
• A Baroque Christmas
December 4, 8 pm at Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver
Vancouver Chamber Choir presents music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp
Emanuel Bach and Antonio Vivaldi.
Contact vancouverchamberchoir.com
• The Singing Christmas Tree
December 4 – 7, 11 – 14 at Broadway Church, Vancouver
The longest running presentation of its kind in Canada, and the biggest in B.C., this popular event includes a 100-voice choir in a
gigantic tree, with an orchestra, actors and dancers. Tickets are available
starting November 21, and are often gone within a few hours.
Contact 604.253.2700, broadwaychurch.com
• 8th Annual Bethlehem Walk
December 5 – 7, 6:30 – 9 pm at Sooke Baptist Church, Sooke
This joint effort by the churches of Sooke covers 3,500 square feet (indoors), and includes 40
shops and displays.
• Christmas at the Chan Centre
December 6, 2:30 pm at the Chan Centre, Vancouver
This concert features the Trinity Western University choir directed by Wes
Janzen, as well as the Langley Fine Arts School senior choir and the Pacific
Mennonite Children’s Choir.
Contact 604.513.2173, chancentre.com
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• Brass and Organ Concert
December 8, 7:30 pm at St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church, Vancouver
This popular annual Christmas concert features members of the Vancouver Symphony
Brass Quintet and organist Terence Fullerton. Besides an array of instrumental
seasonal music, there will be a carol sing-along.
Contact 604.731.4966, stjohnsvancouver.org
• The Tallis Scholars’ Christmas Concert
December 8, 8 pm at the Chan Centre, Vancouver
Early Music Vancouver presents the renowned a cappella British ensemble
performing works by Tallis, Nesbett and Byrd, as well as Josquin’s Missa De Beata Virgine.
Contact earlymusic.bc.ca
• A Dylan Thomas Christmas
December 18, 8 pm and December 20, 3 pm at Ryerson United Church, Vancouver
Vancouver Chamber Choir presents an evening of Christmas carols and songs,
highlighted by readings from A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas.
Contact vancouverchamberchoir.com
• Christmas Messiah Sing-Along
December 19, 2 pm at Faith Presbyterian, Vancouver.
This performance of Handel’s perennial masterpiece, Messiah, features keyboardist/singer Eric Hominick, conductor Joseph Shore, a string
ensemble and soloist Angelina Van Dyke. Members of the community are invited to
be the choir.
Contact 604.438.8755, faithvan.com
• Festive Bach Cantatas for Christmas
December 23, 8 pm at the Chan Centre, Vancouver
Early Music Vancouver’s Bach Cantata Project Players present some of J. S. Bach’s grandest cantatas, with soprano Suzie LeBlanc, alto Laura Pudwell, tenor Colin
Balzer, baritone Sumner Thompson and a large instrumental ensemble.
Contact earlymusic.bc.ca
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