Gracias Choir to Present GRACIAS CHRISTMAS CANTATA at Saenger Theatre, 10/6

The historic Saenger Theatre, slated to reopen Sept. 27, will host a free performance of "Gracias Christmas Cantata" by the world renowned Gracias Choir and Orchestra on Sun., Oct. 6 at 7 p.m., the theatre announced today. Tickets to this free concert event, presented by Good News New Orleans Church, are now available to the general public.

In honor of the landmark theatre's reopening in the New Orleans community, Good News New Orleans Church invites the general public to attend the free event at the Saenger Theatre. The Gracias Choir and Orchestra, founded in 2000 by Pastor Ock Soo Park, is currently on tour presenting "Gracias Christmas Cantata" across the U.S. and in Canada. The performance is a compilation of opera, musical, and deeply cherished Christmas carols aimed at bringing the true message of Christmas to life at the direction of world renowned Conductor Boris Abalyan from St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music in Russia.

Free tickets to Good News New Orleans Church's presentation of "Gracias Christmas Cantata," performed by The Gracias Choir and Orchestra at the Saenger Theatre, are now available for pickup at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre Box Office at 1419 Basin Street between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are required for entrance to the concert, but seats will be first come, first serve. Doors will open at 6 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m. For more information on the "Gracias Christmas Cantata" performance, call 504-602-9930 or visit http://www.saengernola.com/shows/christmas-cantata-2013-tour.

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