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Dec. 2, 2004 • Volume 13 Number 7

December Full of Holiday Delights at the Heights

The holiday season at Boston College formally begins this evening with the annual tree-lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. in O'Neill Plaza, followed by the Breaking the Barriers Ball in Gasson 100 at 6 p.m.

In the coming weeks, the BC campus will be the setting for a variety of liturgical, musical, dance and social events that celebrate the time of year, among them "A Dancer's Christmas" [see related story]. A sampling:

*The University Chorale and Boston College Symphony Orchestra will present their annual Christmas Concert - including a performance of "The Hallelujah Chorus"  tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., at Trinity Chapel on Newton Campus.

*Another favorite campus ensemble, the Boston College Concert Band, will play "An Irving Berlin Christmas" and the holiday musical staple, "Sleigh Ride," at their concert on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. in Gasson 100.

*A Catholic Mass in the Byzantine Rite for the Feast of St. Nicholas will be celebrated on Monday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary's Chapel, with singing from students of the Boston Ukrainian School.

*St. Mary's also will be the setting for the Boston Boy Choir's performance of "A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols" on Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

*The Voices of Imani gospel choir gives its Christmas concert on Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in St. Ignatius Church.

*Master balladeer, entertainer, storyteller and musician Tommy Makem will lend an Irish accent to the holiday season with a Dec. 12 performance at 3 p.m. in Gasson 100, accompanied by musicians and dancers from the BC Irish Studies Program.

For information on these and other campus holiday events, see BCInfo [www.bc.edu/bcinfo] and the University Calendar [events.bc.edu]. •