set list | fri dec 12, 2025


Joy To The World | Trio + James
Robert Farrar Capon, Advent | Ron
Impossible Dream | Lance
Jan Richardson, A Blessing For Traveling in the Dark | Kaitlin
Soul Of Man Never Dies | Leyfolk
Southern Magi | Ron
When the Ship Comes In | Lance
Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace | Samantha Forbes
O Day Of Peace | Leyfolk
Caitlin Flanagan, Charlie Brown's Inside Job | Ron
Christmas Time Is Here | Nelson

Jingle Bells | Trio + James
Happy Holidays From The Dandersmiths | Shauna
Familiar | Lance
Last Christmas | Nelson
Travelers in the Dark | Angela
Love To Keep Me Warm | Leyfolk
Dina Donohue, No Room | Ron
Alleluia Christ is Born | Lance
Luci Shaw, Five Nativity Poems | Shauna, Chantal, Samantha, Kaitlin, Angela
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | Leyfolk
Ron Reed, Silent Night: Austria 1918 | Ron
Silent Night
Robert Louis Stevenson, Christmas Prayer | Kaitlin

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Rick Colhoun 
The Nelson Boschman Trio | Nelson Boschman, Ben Appenheimer, Kenton Wiens
James Danderfer
Lance Odegard
Leyfolk | Kira Fondse, Brendyn Dyck, Ben Feikema, Jacob Vandiver

Ron Reed
Kaitlin Williams
Samantha Forbes
Shauna Johannesen
Angela Konrad
Chantal Gallant

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