PADUCAH SYMPHONY PLANS TWO CONCERTS

PADUCAH Ky. The Paducah Symphony Orchestra's traditional Christmas concerts are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Two other musical groups will add a festive atmosphere to the pre-concert activities this year. A brass ensemble from Massac County High School in Metropolis, will perform carols on the front steps as the audiences arrive. The concerts will begin with songs of good cheer by the Lone Oak Middle School Choir.

The concerts, conducted by Jordan Tang, will feature popular songs of the season, carols and special selections featuring the Symphony Chorus. The Orchestra and Chorus will be festively attired and the Christmas concert committee is planning some decorations for the hall.

The program will include such favorites as "What Child Is This," "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas," "Silver Bells," "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire," waltzes from the "Nutcracker" and "Pat-A-Pan."

The Symphony will join the Orchestra for a Schubert Mass and "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

The audience will be invited to sing along on "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "Adeste Fidelis," "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "Joy to the World."

The symphony box office number is 444-0065.