The University of Mount Olive will celebrate the Christmas season with two on-campus concerts.
Dec. 4
The annual Christmas by Candlelight Service has show times at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Hazel Waters Kornegay Assembly Hall.
Enjoy a Christ-centered service patterned after the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a traditional English evening service that began in Cambridge in 1918.
Each service will include six scripture lessons, tracing salvation history and each reading will be followed by a Christmas selection from the UMO department of music.
The event is free, but a ticket is required.
For more information, contact Anne Hamm via email ahamm@umo.edu or at 919-658-7746.
Dec. 7-8
GOLDSBORO – UMO is presenting a “Carolina Sound Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. at Paramount Theatre.
Carolina Sound, the university’s premier acapella group, will deliver a show of Christmas music mingled with messages of hope, love and joy. The group is directed by the husband and wife duo of Lester and Holly Rector.
Tickets range from $15 to $20. A virtual option is available for $10.
Visit www.goldsboroparamount.com/a-carolina-sound-christmas/ for more information.
