International Choir HCMC's charitable Christmas concert to be held this weekend

Christmas is drawing near, and the International Choir Ho Chi Minh City‘s annual charitable Christmas Carols Concert to be held this Saturday and Sunday (December 1 - 2) is going to come back.

Poster of the Christmas Carol Concert. Photo: International Choir.

Held at Saint Paul's Convent Chapel (District 1, HCMC), the event aims to warm up the Christmas atmosphere in HCMC while bringing education opportunities to underprivileged children.

Specially, the Christmas Carols Concert does not require reservation and entrance ticket. It is open for everyone entry by donation on the day of the concert.

All the donation will support directly to Saigon Children's Charity CIO (saigonchildren), a credible non-governmental organization working in supporting disadvantaged children in Vietnam in the last 26 years.

Interested audience can attend either on Saturday, December 1 (7:30-9:00 pm) or Sunday, December 2 (2:30-4:00 pm).

More information about the concert:

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The International Choir and Orchestra of Ho Chi Minh City was established in 1996 by Graham Sutcliffe, the then cultural attaché of the British Embassy in Hanoi. The choir currently has 60 members while the orchestra holds 30, comprising a mix of both Vietnamese locals and foreign expatriates.

The Choir’s repertoire includes classic works by Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi, and many other famous composers, as well as songs from musicals, traditional songs, and Christmas carols in many languages./.

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