Usher in the holidays with family and friends at the Moore County Choral Society's >37th annual holiday concert "Sounds of the Season," Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. in Owens Auditorium at Sandhills Community College. >

Under the direction of Anne Dorsey, the Society will perform a collection of holiday classics and seasonal music, including "O Magnum Mysterium," by distinguished American composer Morten Lauridsen; "Betelehemu," a Nigerian Christmas song; "Hanukkah Fantasy," a medley of Hanukkah songs; the favorite American Christmas spiritual "Go Tell it on the Mountain," an arrangement by composer and choral conductor Donald McCullough, considered one of America's pre-eminent choral conductors; a whimsical piece about the ingredients and instructions for making "Fruitcake"; and many more traditional favorites.

Moore >Brass >will be featured, along with numerous talented soloists.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $7.50 >for students and are available at the Campbell House; The Country Bookshop, in Southern Pines; Kirk Tours, in Pinehurst; >Sandhills Winery, in Seven Lakes; >and from choral members and at the door. >

For more information, call (910) 692-7683 or (910) >692-8306 or visit www.moorecounty choralsociety.org

The MCCS spring concert will feature Mozart's final work, "Requiem," and will be performed April 29 in the Robert E. Lee Auditorium at Pinecrest High School. Singers who wish to participate in the spring concert may join the Society for open registration Jan. 3 at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, on May Street in Southern Pines.