T&C Christmas event Nov. 27

NORWALK — The Towne and Country Players, Inc. will host their 57th Annual Christmas Event at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, in the First United Methodist Church, 60 W. Main St., Norwalk. The Ashland University Concert Choir will perform "Christmas Celebration — the Reason for the Season" under the baton of Dr. Ron Blackley. The 90-minute performance is partially funded by the Mark Widman and Tom Phillips Memorial Funds of Towne and Country. The well-known organist, Dr. Timothy Guenther, will provide pre-concert pipe organ music as well as accompany the choir. This year's concert coincides with the "Light Up Norwalk" weekend. Music from Ashland's "Festival of Lights" will be part of the University's repertoire, according to T & C president Neil Miller. Christmas music, old and new, will be performed by the 45 voices and instrumentalists of which Aaron Stephens, of Willard, and Katherine Snell, of Sandusky, are singers. Tickets are $12 in advance or at the door when the box office opens at 3 p.m. All seating is general and not assigned. Norwalk's Croghan Colonial Bank will provide a Christmas treat after the performance during the audience and singers mixer in the church rotunda. For sponsorships or advance reservations, call the T & C office at 419-668-0637 or write to T & C Concerts at P.O. Box 551, Norwalk, Ohio 44857.