St. Mary's Church, 519 E. Fourth St. Alton, Il will be host to the Collinsville Chorale for the fourth year in a row. The concert will be performed initially on December 5th at 7:00pm at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Collinsville, then will be repeated at St. Mary's on Sunday December 7th at 3:00pm. The Concert is free and open to the public and will last about one hour. A free will offering will be accepted after the concert.

The lineup for the concert features several traditional favorites: Silent Night, Away in a Manger, Let it Snow, What Child is This, Christmas Time is Here (from Charlie Brown's Christmas), and Home for Christmas Medley. Some newer pieces include the beautiful lullaby: Infant King, and the more upbeat: Raise Your Glad Voices.

If you are missing someone for Christmas, I Wish You Christmas, will ease the pain. The finale is everyone's perennial favorite, the stirring rendition of O Holy Night featuring soloist Mark Parker.

Local members of the chorale who will be performing in this concert are: Ray Todd, Steve Batchelor and Mike Cleary. You can learn more about the Chorale and perhaps join us by clicking on: collinsvillechorale.org