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Kaleidoscope Hosts Winter Concert Series Finale

The Newhart Middle School choir and champion figure skater Tippy Packard perform in the final concert series.

The brought its winter concert series to a close Friday evening with a performance by the choir and 2011 Hong Kong champion figure skater Tippy Packard.

Packard performed Friday with six of her students from Aliso Viejo Ice Palace, where she is a figure-skating instructor. The group skated choreographed numbers to live solos and duets sung by choir students from the Mission Viejo middle school.

Throughout the holiday season, Kaleidoscope has invited local schools to showcase their choirs, bands and orchestras at its skating rink.

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As a thank you for the school performances, Kaleidoscope is gifting each school a monetary donation to assist with the purchase of new equipment for its music department.

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