Davenport Community School District’s Annual Holiday Concert Coming To Iowa’s Adler Theatre
The public is cordially invited to attend the Davenport Community School District’s 70th Annual Holiday Concert, to be held at the beautiful and historic Adler Theatre on Tuesday, November 29, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The concert features the Central, North, and West high school music departments, and is FREE and OPEN to the public as a thank you for community support of the Fine Arts. Music by the Central High School Brass Choir will greet you starting at 6:30 p.m. in the theatre lobby. The concert will end at approximately 8:15 p.m.
In 1951 F.E. Mortiboy, instrumental director and Milton Anderson, vocal music director at Davenport High School (now Central) with the Davenport Consistory and the Davenport Scottish Rite Bodies established an annual Holiday concert as a gift to the community. The first performance was not the Messiah, but a production of Amahl and the Night Visitor by Gian-Carlo Menotti. It was decided the next year that selections from the Messiah and other Holiday music by the band and orchestra would have a more popular appeal. This concert has expanded to include choirs, orchestras, and bands of Central, North and West high schools.
