47th Annual Candlelight Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols service in Waukon

Derrick Knox, son of Julie and Brian Knox, is a 10-year-old soprano from Waukon. He will be the featured child soprano soloist with the Allamakee Ecumenical Choir on Sunday, Dec. 10, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon. (submitted photo)

The Allamakee Ecumenical Choir will present its 47th Annual Candlelight Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols Service on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. The service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church located at 8 Fifth Street Southwest in Waukon.

Local clergy will read the Christmas Story, and the carols will be sung by the congregation with organ accompaniment. Choral numbers will be presented by the Men’s Choir (also known as the Heartland Barbershop and Gospel Singers), Women’s Choir and the mass Ecumenical Choir. Music will also be provided by the St. John’s Handbell Choirs, WHS Saxophone Quintet, along with a piano and organ duet by Kristie Roeder (piano) and James Bieber (organ). Also, harpist Julie Knox will provide accompaniment and a harp solo, while her son, Derrick, will be featured as a child soprano soloist with the Ecumeical Choir. The program is under the direction of James Bieber and assisted by his daughter Sarah Bieber, the Waukon Middle and High School Choral Director.

The public is invited to attend the community celebration of Christmas. A reception will follow the concert for further fellowship. 

For home viewing and listening pleasure, the service will be live-streamed on Facebook.

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