Press Release - November 2002

The Nebraska Brass announces their holiday concerts of the 2002-2003 season:
 

“A Nebraska Brass Christmas”

Saturday, November 30, 2002, First United Methodist Church, 614 N. Hastings Avenue

Hastings, NE – 8:00 pm*

Wednesday, December 4, 2002, Minden Opera House,

Minden, NE - 7:30 pm*

Friday, December 6, 2002, Covenant Presbyterian, 15002 Blondo Street

Omaha, NE  - 7:30 pm

Saturday, December 7, 2002, The Tassel Performing Arts Center, 600 12^th Avenue

Holdrege, NE  7:30 pm*

Sunday, December 8, 2002, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 8550 Pioneers

Lincoln, NE  7:30 pm

Sunday, December 15, 2002, First United Methodist Church, 815 N. Broad Street

Fremont, NE  2:00 pm*

“A Nebraska Brass Christmas” is the title of this second series of concerts, which will include the following selections: “Footprints in the Snow” by Claude Debussy, “Dance Suite from Terpsichore” by Michael Praetorius, and other seasonal favorites, including “Let it Snow”, “Once in Royal David’s City”, “Silent Night”, “Good King Wenceslas”, “Carol of the Bells”, “We Three Kings”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Jingle Bells”, “Away in a Manger”, “Angels We Have Heard on High”, “I Saw Three Ships”, “O Tannenbaum”, and Nebraska Brass member, Ric Ricker’s arrangement of  “The Christmas Song”.

Tickets may be purchased at the door the night(s) of the concerts, or in advance by contacting the business office at 402-477-7899, 216 North 11th Street, Suite 202, Lincoln, NE  68508-1401. Single admission ticket prices for Lincoln and Omaha are:  Student, $5; Senior Citizen, $12; Adult, $15.   

*Single admission prices for Hastings, Holdrege, and Fremont are:  Student, $3; Senior Citizen, $8; Adult, $10.

*Single admission prices for Minden are:  $10 for all tickets.

Members of the Nebraska Brass include:  Dean Haist, trumpet and Executive Director; Brad Obbink, trumpet; Richard Ricker, french horn; Mark Mendell, trombone; John Thomason, tuba.