BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47@atlantafreedombands.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251220T210000 DTSTAMP:20251220T173505Z URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com/events/holidays-on-peachtree-street/ SUMMARY:Holidays on Peachtree Street DESCRIPTION:Holidays on Peachtree Street\nAtlanta Freedom Bands kicks off i ts 33rd season with "Holidays on Peachtree Street"\, featuring seasonal se lections that highlight the landmarks along our city's most famous street. Peachtree Street is always aglow with holiday lights and happenings. Our program takes us from the elegance of the Fox Theatre to the dizzying heig hts of the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel. Along the way we take in the madn ess of the DragonCon parade\, the memory of Backstreet\, and the mayhem of SnowMageddon. We even take a side trip along to the famous Royal Peacock on Auburn Avenue for a night with Ray Charles.\n\nAFB is proud to welcome our new Artistic Director O'Shae Best to the podium\, conducting the band in his first concert. Mr. Best is the Director of Bands at Fayetteville Hi gh School and brings a wealth of experience conducting in the middle schoo l\, high school\, and collegiate settings to AFB. We know you will enjoy m eeting him and seeing his artistic influence on the band.\n\nAFB will welc ome Victoria Lemos as your host and tour guide to all the sights. Victor ia hosts the Archive Atlanta podcast\, and she is looking forward to telli ng you some of the hidden histories behind these famous places. You will l eave educated and entertained!\n\nThe tenth season of AFB's Student Compos er Residency Program will kick off with the world premiere of "Midnight Sn owfall"\, a new work by Jacob Cirabisi\, a music major at the University o f West Georgia. You won't want to miss the chance to meet this up-and-comi ng compositional talent.\n\nAFB's Season 33 concerts have the unifying the me "No Places Like Home"\, with each celebrating a place we call home. Our holiday concert celebrates the City of Atlanta\, and we will follow in Ma rch with "Georgia on our Minds" and in June with "Americans We".  We hope to see you at all of them.\n\nGet your tickets today for this exciting an d fun concert!\n(They make great gifts\, too!)\n\nTickets are $20 general admission\, $15 seniors\, $10 students.\nThe concert will also stream live from AFB’s YouTube channel.\n\nThe program features:\n"A Christmas Fest ival" by Leroy Anderson\n"O Magnum Mysterium" by Morten Lauridsen\nSelecti ons from "The Polar Express" by Alan Silvestri\n"Let it Snow" &\; "Wint er Wonderland"\, arr. Ralph Ford\n"A Hanukkah Festival" by Christ Bernotas \n"Winter Milky Way" by Yukiko Nishimura\n"Diminished Minor Alterations" b y David Lovrien\n"Disco Christmas" by Bill Holcombe\nSelections from "The Nutcracker Suite" by Peter Tchaikovsky\n"Christmas and Sousa Forever!" by Julie Giroux\n"Auld Lang Syne"\, arr. Sam Baltzer\n\n\n\nACCESSIBILITY\nAn accessible entrance is available with a flat path from the parking deck b ehind the church to the rear door into the concert area and to the restroo ms. The standard complement of symphonic percussion will be in use. The co ncert will not have special effects or lighting. For accessibility questio ns\, please email development@atlantafreedombands.com.\n\n\n\nGETTING HERE \nParking is available in a pay deck behind the church. Overflow parking i s available at the Asta Parking lot at Highland and Briarcliff Place and a long the many nearby streets in the Virginia Highland neighborhood.\nOpen Google Maps >\;\nVIEW THE PROGRAM\nConcert programs are available the we ek before the show so you can read more about the pieces and composers.\nD ownload the Digital Concert Program >\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDINNER AND A SHOW\n Support our favorite neighborhood restaurants before the show. Make your p re-show dinner plans at these fine locations.\nView our Recommendations &g t\;\nWATCH THE STREAM\nAll of AFB’s 33rd season concerts will stream liv e on our YouTube channel.  The stream will be available for a short time after the concert.\nStream the Concert >\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"H olidays on Peachtree Street" is supported in part by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding for this program is also provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance o f Fulton County Arts &\; Culture. This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia Gen eral Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency – the National Endowment for the Arts. 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