It's Holiday Concert Time!

It's that time of year that all music lovers love, holiday concerts at your local school.

As a helpful aid to busy parents who may have neglected to write down the time and date of their own darling's concert, or concerts, The Digital Notebook staff has painstakingly researched dates and times for concerts in the Pottsgrove and Pottstown school districts.

First, here is the schedule for Pottsgrove (which sent us the list and gave us the idea):

• Thursday, Dec. 5: Pottsgrove Middle School Orchestra concert at Pottsgrove Middle School.
• Monday, Dec. 9: Advanced Elementary Orchestra at Pottsgrove Middle School. 
• Wednesday, Dec. 11: Pottsgrove Middle School Choral Concert at Pottsgrove Middle School. 
• Friday, Dec. 13: Pottsgrove Middle School Band Concert at Pottsgrove Middle School.
• Monday, Dec. 16: Fourth and Fifth grade chorus concert at Pottsgrove Middle School.
• Tuesday, Dec. 17: Pottsgrove High School Instrumental concert at Pottsgrove High School
• Thursday, Dec. 19: Pottsgrove High School Choral concert at Pottsgrove High School 

All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.

Here is a compilation video I made of last year's concert at Pottstown High School:

In Pottstown, things are not quite so cut and dried. We'll present them in chronological order:

• Monday, Dec. 16: Rupert Elementary School's holiday concert for parents at 1:45 p.m.
• Monday, Dec. 16: Pottstown High School/Pottstown Middle School Holiday Chorus Concert at Pottstown High School at 7 p.m. 
• Tuesday, Dec. 17: Lincoln Elementary School's holiday concert for parents at 1:45 p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 17: Barth Elementary School's holiday concert for parents at 1:45 p.m.
• Tuesday Dec. 17: All District Holiday Band Concert featuring Fifth and Sixth Grade Band, Seventh and Eighth Grade Band, High School Jazz Band, High School Concert Band, Middle School and High School Woodwind Ensembles at Pottstown High School at 7 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 19, Franklin Elementary School's holiday concert for parents at 10 a.m. 

And my favorite part, the audience sing-a-long (please pay no attention to the voice from the audience which, quite obviously, has had no formal voice training):