The Loudon County Concert Band Presents Celebrate Christmas on Thursday, December 11, 2025
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The Loudon County Concert Band is pleased to announce their upcoming annual Christmas concert for Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 7:00 pm. The concert, Celebrate Christmas, will be held at The Venue at Lenoir City, 7690 Creekwood Park Blvd., Lenoir City, TN 37772.
The concert will feature outstanding arrangements of Christmas classics, including Feliz Navidad, Carol of the Drum, The First Noel, and Sleigh Ride. The concert will also feature several medleys of well-known Christmas songs including Christmas from the 50’s, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Highlights from the Nutcracker Suite. The concert will also include a presentation of The Night Before Christmas, featuring narration by Joel Bonnan. Joel is a local actor and ten-year resident of Loudon County. As a retired meteorologist, one of his favorite duties was issuing weather forecasts on radio stations in the Midwest, the east coast, and from Texas to California. Joel has embraced performing in community theater for the last 30 years, including several productions with the Tellico Community Players. We are excited to have Joel join us for this year’s Celebrate Christmas concert.
Tickets for Celebrate Christmas with the Loudon County Concert Band are $12.00. Tickets may be purchased online by visiting the band’s website at www.loudonconcertband.org, and clicking on the “Events” tab. Tickets may also be purchased (cash or check) during regular business hours at Sloans Hometown Hardware in Tellico Village, or at The Venue at Lenoir City.
The Loudon County Concert Band is a volunteer, multigenerational, community group of nearly 50 musicians from Loudon County and the surrounding area. Under the musical direction of David Whipple, Jr., the band plays a variety of concert band literature including seasonal music, thematic pieces, songs from film and Broadway, patriotic marches, arrangements of music from composers like Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin and Aaron Copeland, as well as original works composed for concert band.
The band is always looking for new members and welcomes anyone high school age and up. We rehearse on Thursday evenings at 6:30, at the Community Church at Tellico Village. Please contact either our music director, David Whipple, Jr. at (865) 335-1543, or our manager, Kevin Meyer, at (586) 929-2333, and let us know of your interest.
The Loudon County Concert Band relies solely on the financial donations of individuals and businesses to operate. The band is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and all contributions are tax deductible. If you are interested in supporting the work of the band as either an individual or corporate sponsor, please contact our manager, Kevin Meyer at (586) 929-2333. You may also email us at loudonconcertband@gmail.com.
The Loudon Concert Band is a proud member of The Loudon County Chamber of Commerce and The Association of Concert Bands.
