North Hills High School choral department will hold the fourth annual Madrigal Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 13th at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Athanasius Church social hall at 7 Chalfonte Ave. in West View. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students and can be reserved online at www.northhillschoralmusic.org or by calling the North Hills Athletics and Activities office at 412-318-1438.  A limited number of tickets will be available at the door, but reservations are strongly encouraged. The fundraising event is sponsored by the North Hills Choral Parents Association.

The evening will include a home-cooked pasta meal served by choir members, while the Madrigal Players will present a 15th century-style skit entitled "May the Farce Be With Thee" in period costumes with music provided by the Madrigal Choir comprised of North Hills students.

A Madrigal dinner is a 21st century recreation of the Renaissance feasts held in the great baronial halls throughout England during the twelve days of Christmas. The feasts were filled with stunning pageantry, bawdy humor, endless amounts of succulent food and extraordinary music.

“We were thrilled with the response to the event in recent years and are excited that we have created a new tradition for the community and choral program at North Hills,” said choral director Shaun Cloonan. 

Raffle baskets will be available during the evening. Proceeds will benefit the North Hills Choral Program's continuing activities, which include a trip to Hershey this spring to compete in the Music in the Parks festival.

The combined North Hills High School choirs (Women's and Symphonic) will join with the River City Brass Band for one of their "Christmas Brasstacular" concerts.  The performance will take place on Friday, December 5, 2014 at 7:30PM in the Carson Middle School auditorium (in the North Allegheny School District).  RCBB has offered us discounted pricing on tickets if they are pre-ordered using the form listed below.

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Photos from the Women's Choir's performance at First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood on Sunday, November 9, 2014.  Choirs performing at the festival included: Duquesne University Pappert Women's Chorale, Pine-Richland High School Women's Ensemble, Carica Milica Serbian Women's Choir, North Hills High School Women's Choir, and University of Pittsburgh Women's Choral Ensemble.

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