Big Chicken Chorus Bring Holiday Tunes To Cartersville

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It’s that time of year again -- decorating your house, shopping for holiday gifts and enjoying the sounds of the season.

There’s no better way to enjoy the holiday classics than to hear a performance by Marietta’s Big Chicken’s a cappella chorus.

The Big Chicken Chorus will perform their annual Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 at First Presbyterian Church of Cartersville. The church is located at 183 West Main Street.

Proceeds from the performance will benefit Advocates for Children. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for children under the age of 3.

Tickets may be purchased through the Advocates for Children website or The Big Chicken Chorus website. You can also purchase tickets by calling Alan Bowen at 770-846-4465 or Bill Devine at 770-606-1222.

Santa and Mrs. Claus got wind of the wonderful celebration of the season and have decided to join the group for the event. The pair from the North Pole will be available for photographs with little ones (and adults too) before and after the concert. There is no cost to have your photograph taken with Santa, but you will need to bring your own camera.

The Big Chicken Chorus has over 50 members ranging in age from high-school teenagers to senior citizens in their 80s.

The singing group is made up of men from many walks of life, including business owners, retired military, politicians, financial consultants, first responders and many others.

The performance will include all types of Christmas music, traditional classics like “Silent Night” and “Oh Holy Night,” up-beat contemporary like “Marvelous Toy and “We Need A little Christmas” and even Christmas with a calypso beat in “The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy.” In addition to Chorus the performance will include numbers from four barbershop quartets.

Advocates for Children strengthens our community of families by offering safety, comfort and hope to children and preventing child abuse in all its forms.

To learn more about Advocates and the services they offer, call 770-387-1143 or visit www.AdvoChild.org.

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Photo: Quartet Gold Medalist Drayton Justus leads the audience in a sing-a-long of ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ at Sam Jones United Methodist Church during last year’s performance. Credit: Big Chicken Chorus’s Facebook page