The Concord Coachmen Chorus Offers Holiday Harmonies This Season

CONCORD, NH — The Concord Coachmen Chorus kicked off its 2023 holiday concert season in Allenstown on Saturday at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church parish hall.

About 250 people were in attendance for the performance. The chorus has been performing tunes in barbershop style for nearly 70 years.

Its latest holiday offering, “A Coachmen Christmas,” featured “We Need A Little Christmas,” “Mele Kalikimaka,” a Hawaiian-themed holiday song made famous by Bing Crosby with the group wearing leis with flashing Christmas lights, “Winter Wonderland,” “Little Saint Nick,” the Beach Boys classic, and “Text Me Merry Christmas,” an original by Straight No Chaser, a male a cappella group from Indiana, which got a lot of laughs from the crowd due to its modern, satirical lyrics.

For the final number, the chorus requested some former members to join the others. They closed out the night with “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.”

The Chorus will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Black Rocks Village Community Center in Fremont; 2 p.m. on Saturday at Presidential Oaks in Concord; and 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 at the Dunbarton Public Library, 1004 School St.

For more information, visit the Concord Coachmen website, linked here.

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