'Go Tell It on the Mountain' is theme for annual holiday celebration

“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is this year’s theme for the annual holiday service of lessons and carols at Bates College, starting at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in the Bates College Chapel, College Street.

The event is sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy, and admission is free. For more information, please call 207-786-8272.

Featuring the talents of many members of the college community, the event includes musical offerings from the Bates College Choir, the Bates Gospel Choir and five student a cappella groups: the Crosstones, the Deansmen, the Manic Optimists, the Merimanders and TakeNote (the latter being a new ensemble). Also performing will be keyboardist John Corrie, Bates lecturer in music and choir director.