GIVEAWAY: TICKETS TO CHRISTMAS SAENGERFEST

As a special holiday treat, CincyWhimsy is giving away a pair of tickets to
Christmas Saengerfest on Saturday, December 15!

To enter, leave a comment on this Facebook post answering the following question:
What is your favorite holiday song?

Contest ends December 14, 2012 at 5:00PM.

Presented by American Legacy Tours, Christmas Saengerfest relives the German tradition as 14 choirs perform in five historical venues throughout Over The Rhine. In addition to hearing performances from award-winning choirs of the World Choir Games, guests may tour the impressive architecture of venues: Memorial Hall, Christian Moerlein Brewery, St. Francis Seraph, Nast Trinity Church, and First Lutheran Church.With a variety of shows to choose from, Christmas Saengerfest is like the Midpoint Music Festival of holiday music.

Christmas Saengerfest runs Friday, December 14 from 6:00-10:00PM and Saturday, December 15 from 5:00-10:00PM.

Giveaway tickets valid for Saturday only.

WORLD CHOIR GAMES: WEDNESDAY

The World Choir Games have taken Cincinnati by storm! From free concerts at local parks to the intense competitions of champions, we have sincerely earned the moniker, "The City That Sings."

Choral festivities began Wednesday with a free Friendship Concert at Smale Riverfront Park featuring performers from Turkey, China, and Nigeria.

A lawn full of spectators.

The entire Zhuhai, China choir sat by me during the show.

Boğaziçi Jazz Choir from Turkey

Be sure to watch this performance for the surprise at the end!

Zhuhai High School Choir from China

Lagos City Chorale from Nigeria

En route home, I strolled passed a group competing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who were belting out The Beatles in the Blue Wisp Jazz Club.

Gold Company from Kalamazoo, Michigan

Four choirs, four different countries, four different continents. And that was just Wednesday.