LAKEPORT, Calif. — Don’t miss the Lake County Symphony’s popular annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.

This concert is usually presented to a packed house, so order tickets early to ensure a seat.

Symphony conductor and musical director John Parkinson is planning a selection of festive traditional holiday orchestral music, along with entertainment by two outstanding local vocalists, Cynthia Rose and Anthony Neves, who are both members of the Funky Dozen band.

Rose will sing “Santa Baby” and Neves joins Rose for their rendition of “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Both songs have new vocal arrangements by Parkinson.

The audience can expect a rousing medley of familiar Christmas favorites, including “A Christmas Festival” by Leroy Anderson, an American conductor and arranger who was known for his popular light orchestral music with “memorable, optimistic melodies” that often had unusual percussion effects. Several of his compositions are considered holiday classics.

Other well-known holiday tunes include “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

Parkinson’s unique arrangement of “A Cowboy Christmas” should delight lovers of the Old West. Listen closely, to experience what Christmas might have been like on the open range and hear horses’ hooves coming from different sections of the orchestra. He will also lead the orchestra in a new arrangement of "Feliz Navidad" in a Latin Jazz style.

Enthusiastic audience participation is a special and treasured part of the holiday concert, so Parkinson expects everyone to participate in the carol sing-along, as well as Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” the memorable finale to Handel’s “Messiah.”

Tickets for Sunday’s concert are available online from the Soper Reese Theatre website or by phone at 707-263-0577.

General admission is $25; premium seating is $30 for the 2 p.m. performance, with LCSA members receiving a $5 discount.

The open rehearsal performance begins at 11 a.m. with discounted tickets for $5 and free admission for everyone under the age of 18. Please arrive 30 minutes before the performance when buying tickets at the Soper Reese box office.