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The 9th Annual Holiday Show!

07dec3:00 pm5:00 pmThe 9th Annual Holiday Show!

Event Details

Featuring Longs Peak Chorus, the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra, and Bonnie & Taylor Sims
Longmont’s own Bonnie & Taylor Sims join us as hosts and headliners for the ninth installment of our annual holiday tradition. Enjoy classic songs of the season (with a twist) from some of the finest musicians in the region, including friends old and new! Cash bar with signature
holiday drink.

Reserved Seating: $32, $28 Museum Members

About the Performers
A man and woman with guitars against twinkling lights
 
Bonnie and Taylor Sims are a musical couple from Texas who call Longmont home. Over the last five years they have made a name for themselves as a true Colorado treasure with a full touring schedule as well as many teaching and speaking commitments. Bonnie Sims plays mandolin and carries on the musical tradition of her father, a lifelong Texas banjo playing legend and songwriter. Taylor Sims plays flat-top guitar and is an award-winning songwriter and recording artist from wide open spaces of West Texas. The two met while attending South Plains College in 2005 where they began their life of love and music. When they are not playing as the duo, they front a five piece country/rock band called Bonnie & the Clydes.

 

Jazz orchestra on stage with a singer

 

Flatirons Jazz Orchestra

With four critically-acclaimed albums and multiple awards, the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra continues to write, perform and produce real Americana music that is truly their own. Rated “Best Big Band in Denver” by CBS Local, the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra is a traditional 18-piece big band. They authentically recreate the great Swing-Era dance music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Diane Schuur, Buddy Rich, and more. .

 

Photograph of Longs Peak Chorus standing on choir bleachers on a stage
The Longs Peak Chorus
 is the performing unit of the Longmont Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, which is the largest singing organization in the world with more than 22,000 congenial men who love to sing four-part harmony in the barbershop style. The Longmont Chapter was chartered in 1948.

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Time

(Saturday) 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Organizer

Longmont Museum

The Longmont Museum is a center for culture in Northern Colorado where people of all ages explore history, experience art, and discover new ideas through dynamic programs, exhibitions, and events.

In 1940, the first exhibits opened to the public in the carriage house at the Callahan House. The Museum outgrew that space, and, in 1954, moved to the basement of the Memorial Building in Roosevelt Park.

The Museum became more officially structured with the incorporation of the Longmont Museum, Inc., on October 4, 1961.

In 1970, the Museum changed from a private, nonprofit organization to a department of the City of Longmont. Shortly after that, the Museum moved again, this time to a converted Sorenson garage at 3rd and Kimbark. The new space opened its doors on September 13, 1970. In 1973, the garage was torn down and the Museum moved to a converted City warehouse and garage at 375 Kimbark Street.

In November 1999, Longmont voters approved $5 million in a bond issue to build a new museum. The bond issue was approved by over 77 percent of voters. The Longmont Museum & Cultural Center was further enhanced by a $1 million gift from the Bill and Lila Stewart family. Now located at 400 Quail Road, just east of Main Street in south Longmont, the Longmont Museum invites visitors to come and see our regularly changing exhibits, experience our education programs, and enjoy the views from our Longs Peak Room tower.

In 2015, the Museum opened the Stewart Auditorium, an 11,000 square foot expansion made possible by a $4.5 million capital campaign. The expansion included the 250-seat Stewart auditorium and Cone-Shortall stage, the glass-walled Swan Atrium, and the Kaiser Permanente Education Center, which greatly expanded the Museum’s classroom space.

In 2023, the Museum once again launched a new capital campaign, this time to fund a comprehensive expansion, including a complete renovation of the outdoor courtyard, adding a dedicated children’s gallery, and doubling the size of the existing gallery space, among other enhancements. The campaign goal is $8 million with a kickoff and groundbreaking in September, 2023.

Longmont is a diverse, multicultural and receptive city, one in which it’s easy for people to make connections and to thrive as part of the community. As home to many customs and cultures, it’s easy for residents and visitors to find fellowship with others of similar backgrounds and to explore and join in traditions that are new or foreign. The many nonprofit, civic and cultural organizations of Longmont welcome new people to become involved, and there is opportunity to find others with whom to share almost any interest. Not only do “you belong in Longmont” if you’re looking for a welcoming hometown or business location, but “when you’re in Longmont, you belong.”

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