Gardendale

Free concert held Sunday

The Gardendale Arts Council will sponsor a free concert Sunday, to be held in the Gardendale Civic Center’s Exhibition Hall. The entertainment will be provided by the Birmingham Community Concert Band, a 45-piece ensemble under the direction of Maestro Spencer Shaw. The concert, entitled “Oktoberfest in Dixie,” will feature selections by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Rogers and Hammerstein, Robert Russell Bennett, Jean Sibelius and Morton Gould. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. For more information, contact the Gardendale Civic Center at 631-5679.

Additionally, a dinner theatre production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” will be staged on Oct. 26-27 at the Gardendale Civic Center. Tickets for the production can be purchased at the Gardendale Civic Center. The cost is $20, but will be $25 if purchased after Oct. 22.



Gardendale

Choir invites residents to sing

The North Jefferson Community Choir meets on Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. in the choir room of the Gardendale Mt. Vernon UMC. The choir sings a variety of music, including classical, contemporary, sacred and secular. The group invites residents to be founding members of this special organization. For more information, contact Ginny Hughes at ginhughes@yahoo.com.