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Holiday Music Extravaganza- Monarch Tidings at JMHS

Pictured from left seated: Joey Armstrong, Morgan Carlin and Megan Gary. Standing from left: Sydney Gray, Gianna Polsinelli, Jacob Shaffer and Clay Howard.

The John Marshall High School Music Department is pleased to invite the public to celebrate the holiday season at a combined Christmas concert. The 7th annual Monarch Tidings is on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 6:00 pm, in the JMHS Center for Performing Arts in Glen Dale.

This student-produced, one-day-only event will feature selections from a combination of ensembles including Concert Band, Steel Band, Concert Choir, Monarch Choir, Women’s Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. Morgan Carlin and Ash Roth will serve as hosts of the show.   

Festive tunes such as ““There Is a Santa Claus” and “Faeries” along with well-known favorites “The Grinch,” “Rudolph” and “Merry Christmas, Darling” will deck the halls of the CPA with holiday cheer. 

WJMH Media will record the concert, and the production will be shown in its entirety on the WJMH Media YouTube page beginning on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Monarch Tidings can also be viewed on Christmas Eve from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm on WTRF ABC Ohio Valley and again on Christmas morning from 6:00 until 7:00 on WTRF ABC Ohio Valley. WLU-TV, West Liberty University’s TV station on Xfinity channel 14, and topperstation.com will air the show around Christmastime.

This holiday concert, sponsored by the Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation, is open to the public and an admission fee will be charged. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Anyone showing their personalized Marshall County Schools Activity Pass will get free admission. Adult admission is $10, Student (K-12) admission is $5, and children 5 and under are free. 

Enhance your Christmas Season by attending Monarch Tidings. Any type of recording or social media posting of the concert is prohibited.

Written in white is John Marshall High School Music Department Presents Monarch Tidings written in cursive and in gold. In white is December 12, 2024, 6:00 pm Center for Performing Arts. Sponsored by the Niekamp Foundation is written in gold.