On December 7th, the OHS Choral department held the winter concert, called Songs of the Season. The concert was at 7:00 in the OHS auditorium. They spent a lot of time practicing and preparing for the show so that the audience would enjoy it.

The show started with Maya Mira and Vanessa Hernandez as hosts. Maya spoke English and Vanessa spoke Spanish. The hosts welcomed the crowd and proceeded to introduce the first song.

The first song that performed was Wassail. The singers were in regular concert attire that consisted of black dresses and black shirts and pants. The second song that they sang was Joy to the World.

The third song performed was Silent Night. Chorus members did movements with it. They also did it in German and they said that this was to show that this song has been adapted to many cultures. They also featured a soloist, Ella Birmingham and used candle lights as props.

My Favorite Things from Sound Of Music and S’vivon were performed by Eclipse Freshman Treble 4G. The S’vivon performance also featured dancers.

During Riu Riu Chiu, there was a select group of singers featured.  Apart from the select group, they had soloists Isaac Quintanilla and Aidan Castenda-Garza.

Alex Mycko next sang You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch. As he was singing Edwin Barrera was dressed up as the Grinch and threw presents and made mischief throughout the song.

Angels We Have Heard On High was performed by Center Stage Treble and Adrianna Willard, Keila Rich. Neila Abrego, Lapiz Valladares, Isabella Mendez, Cesia Gonzalez, Nicole Garmendia. Everyone next sang Sleigh Ride, and after that there was an intermission.

When the audience came back from intermission,  Holiday Favorites was performed and featured dancers.

The next song featured some OHS alumni. Mrs. Laura Mills from the class of ’03 and Ms. Brianna Williamson from the class of ’12  sang Sisters from White Christmas together.

After they were done singing, soloist Issac Quintanilla sang White Christmas from White Christmas.

Baby, It’s Cold Outside was up next, performed by Tiffani Garcia, Kellen Reid, Vanessa Hernandez, Aidan Castaneda-Garza. 

Then Center Stage Treble sang Santa Baby. They were all wearing festive red dresses.

Chorus members next sang with Mayfield Intermediate’s chorus. They performed All I Want for Christmas Is You. The performers were in pajamas and they held teddy bears. Soloists Adrianna Willard and Hayley Ebert were featured.

Next, a duo that sang Snowman. Maxine De Asis and Samantha Lopez Montes were the performers in this duo.

Twelve Days of Christmas (A Parody) came next and featured a special comedic bit. For example, when 5 golden rings were mentioned, they yelled “bling bling.”

Then duo Keila Rich and Adriannna Willard sang Hallelujah from Sing.

The show ended with Hip Hop Reindeer and Frozen’s Let it Go. 

The chorus teacher played the piano during some songs. When the chorus teacher was conducting, Mrs. Esther Lee played the piano.

I thought the concert was great they had a good variety of songs and costumes. The had funny bits and were really interactive with the audience!