Category: Holidays

Solaris Vocal Ensemble Concert at the White Meeting House

‘Tis the Season!


Solaris Vocal Ensemble, led by artistic director Dr. Dawn Willis, will present “’Tis the Season!”, It is a program surely to bring out your holiday spirit. Concerts will be held at the Waterbury Congregational Church on Saturday December 18 at 7:30 pm and in Burlington at the College Street Congregational Church on Sunday December 19 at 3:00 pm.
The program will feature Taylor Scott Davis’ new setting of the timeless Magnificat with harp, organ, and percussion. Solaris is thrilled to welcome back renowned harpist Rebecca Kauffman as our guest artist. Other pieces will include the Malcolm Edward’s arrangement of I Wonder as I Wander, Tom Council’s In the Bleak Midwinter, the Alice Parker and Robert Shaw favorite Masters In This Hall, and Robert DeCormier’s arrangement of Chanuke, Oi Chanuke.


Tickets are available through the Seven Days Ticket website (sevendaystickets.com) or at the door. Ticket prices are $20 for adults; $15 for Seniors and Students.
Please make note of the following COVID protocols:

  1. Audience members must show proof of vaccination before entering (no exceptions) and must remain masked throughout the concert.
  2. All Solaris members are vaccinated and will be tested prior to the concert. Singers may sing
    without masks.
  3. The front rows of the venue will be unoccupied to allow distance between the singers and the
    audience. Waterbury will be limiting occupancy to 100, Burlington to 225. Distanced seating
    will be encouraged to the extent possible.
  4. Doors will open promptly at 7:00 P.M. in Waterbury and 2:15 P.M. in Burlington.
    For additional information please visit www.SolarisEnsemble.org.

SERRV Sale

Back for one more week . . . December 8 following worship.

SERRV, which stands for Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilitation and Vocation, is one of the first fair trade exchanges in the world. They’ve been promoting just wages and fair trade, sustainable environmental practices and local economic development for 70 years by drawing on the power of the market in first world venues as a non-profit distributor.

Our mission to empower artisans through
fair and meaningful employment is
rewarding beyond measure, but there
are very real challenges with a fair trade
business model and an increasingly
competitive retail market. Your support
means everything to us and those we serve.

SERRV Annual report 2019

Our hosting of a SERRV Sale this Christmas time is a win-win-win proposal. We support the livelihoods of farmers and artisans around the third-world in a constructive transaction that does not take advantage of their marginal situation, we support the nonprofit providing this service and the profits we make (which are fairly minimal) are invested in our local micro-credit institution the Vermont Community Loan Fund.

The sale will be held this Sunday after worship in the chapel. Come browse and purchase some unique Christmas gifts.

https://youtu.be/S4L_JkPZbCg

'Tis the Season

Christmastime in Waterbury

Back last year after a several year hiatus, this community celebration will happen again in our sanctuary on December 22 at 4 P.M. Under the direction of Ann Harvey, a community choir will sing several Christmas anthems and lead the gathered revelers in favorite Christmas songs. There will be story-telling and lots of laughter too! You won’t want to get there late, as it was standing room only last year.

Christmas Concerts

Today, Friday, December 15 — The Solaris Vocal Ensemble will perform again in our sanctuary a selection of choral wonder works, including the famous Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre.  See the poster below for the full repertoire.
Saturday, December 16 — The Waterbury Community Band presents their Christmas concert at 2:30 pm in our sanctuary.  This is a benefit concert for the Waterbury Food Shelf.
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