By Lois Yeater ’22, staff writer 

It’s time for the music department to begin preparing for another year of Christmas at the Valley.  

Many alumni return to listen to the sounds of the season, while others are still members of the Annville community. No matter who is coming, they will all get the wonderful opportunity to listen to the LVC choirs and musicians.  

This year’s concert is even more special, considering that last year it was completely online. The concert will be in-person this year, and families will be able to sit together with their masks on.  

Many students are excited about having the live concert again and singing for an in-person audience. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has started, they have not been able to sing in front of people. The choirs had their first in-person concert this past October.  

“I think music is best experienced live and it’s nice to get back into the feel of being able to perform live,” Chad Schies, a junior history secondary education major, said. “I’m looking forward to having my friends, family and significant other come to the concert.”  

The college choir, concert choir and chamber choir are all preparing to have all their music memorized for the performances.  

“The memorization is a little stressful, but I feel like I’ll have them down in a month,” Schies said. “Overall though it’s so much fun to be able to sing in person again.” 

Christmas at the Valley will take place during the first weekend of December. The Saturday performance will be at 7 p.m. and the Sunday performance will be at 3 p.m. Both concerts will take place in Miller Chapel.  

These performances are now closed to the public. The Sunday performance will be livestreamed starting at 2:20 p.m.