More than 200 singers will lend their voices to “Tuscaloosa Sings,” a free concert that is part of the city’s bicentennial celebration.
The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Moody Music Building, 810 Second Ave. on the University of Alabama campus. No tickets are necessary.
The concert will feature the debut of “Tuscaloosa Song,” a piece written by Kirsten Hicks especially for the bicentennial. The program’s songs will range from spirituals to contemporary country and seasonal selections.
Among the performers will be the University of Alabama University Singers, the Alberta School of Performing Arts Young Singers, the University of Alabama Afro-American Gospel Choir, the Tuscaloosa City Schools High School Honor Choir, the Prentice Concert Chorale, the Crimson Pride Barbershop Chorus, the Ambassador Choir of the Alabama Choir School, the Sounds of Joy from Arc of Tuscaloosa County and the Stillman College Concert Choir.
The city’s yearlong bicentennial celebration will wrap Friday with the dedication of a bicentennial sculpture at 10 a.m. at the Park at Manderson Landing, the lighting of the Christmas tree at 5:14 p.m. in front of the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse and the West Alabama Christmas Parade, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in downtown Tuscaloosa.
For more information, go to www.tuscaloosa200.com.
