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URI (University of Rhode Island Symphony and Choir) Performs a Special Christmas Concert to Benefit La Salette Shrine Attleboro Christmas Festival of Lights
Come join La Salette shrine as they welcome for the first time, the renowned URI Department of Music. 60-70 Vibrant and Exciting group of students promises to be unforgettable. Recognized for their dedication to excellence in performance, the quality of their curriculum, the vitality of their artistic community, and their outstanding national reputation.
This renowned 60 - 70 piece ensemble will perform a holiday concert featuring works themed to the season and will include a sing-along with audience participation.
URI Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis, Conductor; URI Concert Choir, Mark Conley, Conductor. www.uri.edu/music
Sponsored by URI Symphony Orchestra Ann Danis, conducting; URI Concert Choir,
Mark Conley, conducting.
This is the Shrine’s 59th year of presenting their amazing Christmas light display.completely free to the public. This years’ theme, is DESCENDING DOVE, and features over 350,000 lights most that have been converted to LED thanks to donations of redeemable bottles and cans. The shrine will also host a great deal of exhibits and activities throughout the 46 nights of festivities. Please come, bring the family enjoy the free light display and all that the festival has to offer and please bring your redeemable cans and bottles and drop-off there, or donate if you can.
Descending Dove La Salette’s 2012 Christmas Festival of Lights, runs from November 22, 2012 to January 6, 2013 with illuminations from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm daily. There are $5 narrated trolley tours, carousel rides, several concerts, nearly 500 Nativity displays, Faces of Jesus Exhibit, the New Icon Museum, food and much more. Come and help support one of our local regional treasures this Christmas season La Salette Shrine in Attleboro Ma.
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Tickets are limited to these shows and can be purchased at the shrine’s welcome center, or by calling the shrine at (508) 222-5410. (Also sold at the door at the Shrine)
(There will also be many other shows and concerts in the welcome center hall) see La Salette’s website for an updated schedule). Please visit La salette at http://www.lasalette-shrine.org, for more information
La Salette Shrine is located at 947 Park Street, Attleboro, Ma.
