12th Annual Christmas Concert – December 20, 2009

On Dec 20, 2009 at The First Church of God in Columbia City, IN The Blue River Big Band had our 12th Annual Christmas Concert.  It was a great time with a large audience of over 600 people.  This event has become a Columbia City tradition and of course had plenty of big band style Christmas music.  We really wanted to present something different this year so most of the songs were ones that we had never performed before.  We featured mostly light-hearted, well-known and fun tunes from the 20th century such as “Winter Wonderland”, “Santa Clause is Coming to Town”, and “Santa Baby”.  We also played an excellent arrangement of “March of the Toys”.  And, like every year, the cookies and punch made by the Delts were a tremendous success…there was a long line for them after the concert as many people stuck around to talk.

The free-will offering taken up to benefit the Delts, a women’s organization that supports a variety of local charities, raised nearly $1,700!  We thank everyone who gave to this excellent organization that does a lot of good in the community.

The video below is from 2008 but will give you a taste of how much fun The Blue River Big Band has playing Christmas music!