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WALPOLE, NORWOOD Parkway Concert Orchestra presents two “Holidays Pops Concert” programs featuring “Waltz of the Flowers” (from “The Nutcracker”); “A Children’s Overture,” by Roger Quilter; “Christmas at the Movies”; “Wassail Dances”; and an audience sing-along. Guest conductor Elijah Langille directs the community ensemble. Concerts take place at St. Mary’s Parish Center, 205 Washington St., Walpole, on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m.; and at First Congregational Church, 100 Winter St., Norwood, on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. For admission prices and other information, visit www.parkwayconcertorchestra.org.
PLYMOUTH Soprano Kristen Watson joins music director Steven Karidoyanes and the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra for the annual “Holiday Pops!” concert. The program includes the classics “O Holy Night,” “Do You Hear What I Hear,” and music from “A Christmas Carol, the Musical.” Plymouth Community Intermediate School’s sixth-grade choral singers lend their voices. Concerts take place at Memorial Hall, 83 Court St., on Saturday, Dec. 8, with shows at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at www.plymouthphil.org.
By Robert Knox, correspondent