Brownsville 2018 Holiday Happenings
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Brownsville Community Church & West Windsor Town Hall
Brownsville, Vermont

Saturday, December 1st, 2018

Kick off your holiday season in Brownsville at one or all of the happenings taking place on December 1st!
9:00 – 2:00 Brownsville Christmas Bazaar at Town Hall
11:00 – 1:00 Luncheon at the Bazaar
4:00 Brownsville Holiday Tree Lighting, Caroling, Refreshments & Mr. & Mrs. Claus at Town Hall
5:30 Concert of Christmas Music & Carols at Brownsville Community Church

On Saturday, December 1st, various committees of the Brownsville Community Church, West Windsor's Beautification Committee and West Windsor Fire Department will sponsor three festive holiday events.

Start the day with Christmas shopping at the famous Brownsville Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. until 2:00 at the West Windsor Town Hall. The ladies of the United Methodist Women's group have, once again, pulled together a fine gathering of artisans and crafters who will be selling their wares at one of the area's first Christmas Bazaars. And, shoppers at the Bazaar will enjoy Christmas music by West Windsor fiddler, Adam Boyce.

Shoppers can also recharge with a fine lunch starting at 11:00, when the ladies will be offering an array of delicacies including homemade soups, stews, salads and sandwiches as well as freshly baked deserts. Contact Gail Britton at 802-674-6805 for more information on the Bazaar. Contact Ann Matthews for information on the United Methodist Women's group at 802-484-5502.

Before the concert, at approximately 4:00 at the West Windsor Town Hall (Route 44 & Brownsville Hartland Rd.) there will be the Town Holiday Tree Lighting. There will be caroling, a fire pit, tasty refreshments and TWO special visitors from the North Pole arriving on the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Department's new hook-and-ladder! Contact Jim Curry of the West Windsor Beautification Committee at 802-484-0138 for more information on the Brownsville Holiday Tree Lighting festivities.

At 5:30 on Saturday, December 1st, the community will be treated to a concert of Christmas Music and Carols at the Brownsville Community Church. Rev. Christian Huebner has arranged this concert which will feature talented musicians of all ages on organ, brass and piano.

Edmund "Skip" Downing, principal of Bywater Piano Tuning, studied at Gordon College, played the Trumpet in the Air Force and presently teaches at the Upper Valley Music Center. He is a sought after trumpet player, performing in local shows and with groups in the area. An original composition by Skip will be one of the highlights of the concert.

Windsor's Alexandria Leary, will entertain on piano and is a talented young musician who plays with expression and maturity uncharacteristic for her age. She is currently studying under the area's top piano performance instructor and will offer an original composition.

Susan J. Downing holds a B.A. in Music from Wheaton College (Norton, MA) and B.M in Education from Keene State College. Susan has been teaching private piano lessons in her home for many years and additionally at the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, NH. Susan thoroughly enjoys teaching students of all ages as well as performing with her husband, Skip (trumpet) at local events. Susan especially enjoys accompanying at Brownsville Community Church, West Lebanon Baptist Church, and others throughout the area.

Seven Bowen is 11 years old, lives in Reading and comes from a very musical family. She has studied piano for three years.

Christian Huebner, Pastor of Brownsville Community Church, grew up in West Windsor, Vt. After pursuing a gift for music from an early age with his first position as organist and choir director at age 11, he completed a double masters in Organ Performance and Choral Conducting. Christian studied with local Organ Master, Harriette Slack Richardson after which he studied under Dr. Judy Congdon and Dr. Jonathan Biggers. Christian studied improvisation with Dr. Gerre Hancock and has been recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio. Rev. Huebner is a composer, scholarship and competition winner in Organ Performance and he has appeared with the Rochester and Binghamton Philharmonics. And, he was the director of the 120 voice Binghamton University Chorus.

This concert is the last of a series of free-to-the-public concerts the Brownsville Community Church being offered to the public this year. Contact the Brownsville Community Church at bcchurchvt@gmail.com for more information on the concert of Christmas Music and Carols.

Thank you to West Windsor Fire Department who put up the lights on the Holiday Trees and who will transport Mr. & Mrs. Claus into town, United Methodist Women's group for organizing and running the famous Brownsville Christmas Bazaar, the Brownsville Beautification Committee for arranging for the tree lighting festivities and Brownsville Community Church for making possible, yet again, one more free-t