<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15px"><div><img src="cid:ii_lb494lkd1" alt="Promo Image (Spruce Peak 2022) png reduced.png" width="620" height="480" style="margin-right:0px"><i><font color="#000000">Fresh from their 2022 Rhode Island Fall Break Tour<b>, </b></font></i><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial,sans-serif">the<b><i> Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir</i></b> takes a <b>Motown</b> turn this year in </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#2e2e2e">its annual </font><b style="color:rgb(46,46,46)">Soulful Christmas</b><font color="#2e2e2e"> program </font><b><font color="#0000ff">Saturday, December 3rd at 7:30p.m. at Spruce Peak Performance Arts in Stowe Vermont!</font></b></span><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b> </b> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,46,46)">In addition to the traditional and urban gospel, contemporary Christian, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,46,46)">Caribbean and Afrocentric music, the 50-voice choir will take on several </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,46,46)">Motown tunes including the Temptations’ version of “<i>Rudolph the </i></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,46,46)"><i>Red Nosed Reindeer</i>,” "<i>This Christmas</i>" and “<i>The Christmas Song</i>,” among other Soulful Christmas </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,46,46)">classics. </span><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,46,46)"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15px"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Special guests include the phenomenal <b><i>Montreal Steppers</i></b>. </font> Founded in 2019, Montreal Steppers is a group that is committed to the art form of step.  Stepping is a style of dance that uses the body as an instrument to create rhythms, sounds, beats through stomps, claps, and chants. <font color="#2e2e2e" face="arial, sans-serif">Additionally,<b> </b></font><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>T</b></font><b><i><font color="#000000">he Voices of Faith</font></i> <i>(VOF)</i></b> of Plattsburgh, NY, is a soulful quartet featuring African-American Spirituals of the south! The VOF have performed locally in Plattsburgh, Lake Placid and Burlington, and as far away as Memphis (TN), Little Rock and Stuttgart (AR), and Trinidad.  This concert will also feature some the best musicians in this area, lead by <b><i>Jeff Wheel</i></b> (Lead Guitar), <b>Caleb Bronz</b> (Percussion), <b>Thomas Carvey</b> (Bass Guitar), <b>Jay Lesage</b> (Piano),<b> Tyler Mast</b> (Organ), <b>Marty McRea</b> (Trombone), <b>Ryan Ochs</b> (Saxophone) and <b>Cole Picard</b> (Trumpet). The <b>SUNY Plattsburgh Praise Dancers</b> will grace the stage with a lovely hip-hop dance that will get the audience clapping and chanting in.</div><div><br></div><div><b><font color="#0000ff">TICKETS:  $25 to $35; Children $10; Livestream $15</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#0000ff">Buy online at:  <a href="http://sprucepeakarts.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">SPRUCEPEAKARTS.ORG</a></font></b></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#9900ff"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px">JENNIFER MATOTT</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Administrative Assistant 1</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Music and Theatre</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Myers 220/Ward 240</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-posi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