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WVSO presents ‘Home for the Holidays'

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The five-piece
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    Singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin perform together as the Clay Center hosts Mountain Stage with Larry Groce at May 19 in Charleston. Artists Aoife O'Donovan, Marti Jones & Don Dixon
    Singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin perform together as the Clay Center hosts Mountain Stage with Larry Groce at May 19 in Charleston.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will open its Pops Series with "Home for the Holidays" at 8 p.m. Dec. 7-8 at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston. 

Joining Maestro Grant Cooper and the Orchestra will be chorus members from the Appalachian Children's Chorus, Symphony Chorus of Parkersburg, West Virginia Symphony Chorus, the West Virginia State University Chorus and guest soloist Lindsey Goodman.

Cooper will conduct a selection of best-loved holiday music. As part of the performance, audience members will be called upon to sing along to their favorite carols and seasonal songs. 

Tickets start at $12 for adults and $6 for students and children and are available through the Clay Center box office at 304-561-3570. Tickets may also be ordered online at www.wvsymphony.org.