MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - At Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture, the holidays are all about music.  And what better way to immerse yourself in the spirit of the season than to get out and enjoy live music performed by our many talented local ensembles and individual musicians. Enjoy concerts by the Yuba-Sutter Master Chorale, the Oratorio Society’s annual performance of the Messiah and on Saturday, December 3^rd, you can hear Tom Galvin at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts.

Tom will share stories about well-known holiday songs and how they became popularized. And fair warning, audience participation will be gently encouraged adding to the holiday cheer of this concert.  Tom will tell stories about the history of many well-known holiday songs as well as some possibly less well-known tunes.  It is guaranteed, however, that there will be humor and fun throughout the event.

A special second act will be performing at this holiday concert. The Ukuladies, an all-female ensemble of, you guessed it, ukulele musicians, will dazzle your ears with seasonal favorites performed on the classical Hawaiian instrument, the ukulele. Originally from Portugal, European immigrants to the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1800s popularized the ukulele which has enjoyed a renaissance of late as a genre-defying instrument capable of a wide-ranging repertoire. We are fortunate to have three skilled practitioners in town, Deanna Wiseman, Barbara Taylor, and LuAnn Leonard, aka the Ukuladies.

The concert will be held at the beautiful Sutter Theater Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 3^rd starting in the lobby at 6pm with the Ukuladies. The address is 754 Plumas Street in Yuba City. Tickets are $10.  Free hot apple cider and cookies will be served, and the concession stand and bar will be open if you would like to add a little something extra to your cider.

There will be some funny songs, some spiritual songs and some old-fashioned Christmas songs guaranteed to get you in the mood for the holidays if you aren’t already.  Come out and support these very talented musicians for what will be a highlight of the holiday music season.  For more information about Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture programs and events, contact Yuba Sutter Arts at 530-742-ARTS or email [email protected].

Yuba Sutter Arts is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide arts programming, education, advocacy, assistance and service to artists, organizations and residents of Yuba and Sutter Counties. The local affiliate for Yuba and Sutter of the California Arts Council, its programs include Arts in Education, Veterans Initiatives in the Arts, Arts in Corrections, Very Special Arts Festival, Art Fix, All About the Arts, Artist’s Alchemy, Harvest the Arts and many more.