[162] MTSU Women's Chorale Presents Victorian Holiday Feast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 26, 2009
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, School of Music, 615-898-2493

MTSU WOMEN’S CHORALE PRESENTS ANNUAL VICTORIAN HOLIDAY FEAST
Dec. 1 is Deadline to Order By-Mail-Only Tickets for Evening of Yuletide Entertainment

(MURFREESBORO)—The MTSU Women’s Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Jamila L. McWhirter, will present the Second Annual Victorian Holiday Feast featuring a dinner and music at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Tennessee Room of the James Union building on the MTSU campus.
McWhirter invites guests to “travel back in time and usher in the holidays with the beautiful singing and caroling of the MTSU Women’s Chorale and MTSU Bel Canto.”
The Victorian Feast begins with the assembly of guests in the lobby of the James Union Building starting at 6 o’clock, with entrance to the dining area of the Tennessee Room at 6:30 p.m. sharp.
"Last year’s event was a wonderful success, with all tables sold out in the event’s first year," McWhirter said of the dinner that will feature “beautiful piano, string and brass music throughout the evening … as well as singing.”
This year’s “feast” menu will include roast pork medallions with Marseilles sauce, tossed salad, green-bean casserole, red-skinned potatoes in herbed butter, with a choice of chocolate cake, chess pie or peach cobbler for dessert, along with a choice of water, iced tea or freshly brewed coffee.
"Come enjoy such holiday classics as White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong Merrily On High and much, much more," McWhirter urged.
• TICKETS: Admission is $30 for the meal and full evening of entertainment. Admission for MTSU students is $17. High school groups wishing to attend may call 615-898-5922 for information on a discounted table rate. Tickets are available by mail order only.
Reservations must be received by Dec. 1, 2009. For more information, please visit the MTSU School of Music Web site at www.mtsumusic.com and click on the “Victorian Holiday” link at the bottom of the page. Reservation forms are available via this site. Would-be attendees are asked to print an order form, complete it and enclose payment (with checks payable to the MTSU School of Music) and mail it, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope, to: Victorian Holiday Feast, MTSU School of Music, MTSU Box 47, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132.
Those without computer access may pick up reservation forms in the School of Music office at the Wright Music Building. Seating priority will be based on date of ticket purchase. No refunds will be issued. Also, it is requested that no photographs or recordings occur during the dinner.

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