‘A North County Christmas’

The North Country Strings present “A North Country Christmas” at the following locations and dates: Saturday, Dec. 12 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Main Street Hill in Dexter; Sunday, Dec, 13 3 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 156 East Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft; and Tuesday, Dec. 15 7:15 p.m. at The Inn at Dirigo Pines, 9 Alumni Drive in Orono.

The North Country Strings invites the public to a program of sacred and secular holiday music entitled, “A North Country Christmas”, which will be performed at several locations in the region. The North Country Strings will perform original and lively arrangements of traditional Yuletide carols and other holiday favorites to celebrate the season.

Members of The North Country Strings include Susan Ramsey, Peter McGuire, Deb Maynard, Ruth Fogg, Chelo McGuire, Caleb McGuire and Joshua McGuire. Also featured in the program will be students of the North Country Strings Music Studio. Let the sweet sounds of fiddles and flute, drums and guitars, cello and bass and the beautiful vocals of this original North Woods ensemble fill you with the joy and spirit of the holiday season! Admission is by donation. For more information, contact Ruth Fogg at 924-0180.

The North Country Strings is a locally based acoustic ensemble that enjoys performing good sacred and secular music in original arrangements for music lovers all around the state of Maine. A “North Country Christmas” presents the Christmas story in the folk tradition of storytelling through music. Many of the musical selections on the program come from standard hymnals, from ancient melodies of the folk world, and from more contemporary genres. All are arranged and performed in a “North Country” style by the members of The North Country Strings.

“We do this program because we hope that the selections will inspire, energize, and fill the listener with the joy and spirit of the holiday season,” Ramsey said.