Winters Night: Tales of Christmas Wonder

The River Valley's rock Christmas Extravaganza is back for the sixth year! Winter's Night: Tales of Christmas Wonder will be presented Saturday, November 16th at 7 PM. It will be held at the Center for the Arts, 2209 South Knoxville Avenue in Russellville AR. This event is the yearly fundraiser for Arkansas Center for Music Education (ACME), a local 501c3 non-profit that offers music performance opportunites for the community, including opportunities for the special needs community. Two of ACME's performance groups, the Community Festival Chorale and Heartstrings (special needs choir) will participate in this event.

This year is exciting as the music team is presenting new original songs and stories in the first half of the show. The second half will feature Christmas music by several different artists including Trans Siberian Orchestra, 4 King and Country, as well as some reimagined arrangements of songs from Polar Express. As always, there will be video wall, beautiful lighting (so strobes), and we've heard it could snow again . . .

This event is proudly sponsored by Blackstone, Architectural Engineering Consultants, and the Capitol Point Group all honoring the legacy of James Primm.

Area musicians involved in this event are: Dr. Brian Faulkner - keyboards/music director; Shirley Faulkner - vocal; Boyd Barton - guitar/vocal; Joe Cross - vocal; Missy Taylor Milner - vocal; Paul Milner - vocal; Dr. Mark Gotcher - vocal/acoustic guitar; Mike Lovelady - drum kit; Andy Lindemann - bass guitar; Jeff Sweeden - electric guitar; David Scott - electric guitar; Wren Whiteseven - violin; Illias Palmer - cello; Maliya (Grace) Johnson - flute; and Richard Minick - storyteller. Sound and lighting are under the direction of Larry Roberts and OMNI AVL.

Host or Publisher Arkansas Center for Music Education