News Release

 

For Immediate Release                                                                      May 7, 2004

 

Contact: Susan McGourty

                Mission San Miguel

                Ph: (805) 467-2131

                Fx: (805) 467-2141

 

Benefit for Mission San Miguel Highlights Talents of Best Vocal Music Ensembles of SLO County

 

Mission San  Miguel, San Miguel, CA. . – On Sunday May 30th, 7P.M.-9:00P.M. at St. Rose of Lima Church, 820 Creston Road, Paso Robles, music lovers will have a rare opportunity to see and hear some of SLO County’s best vocal and music ensembles perform in a benefit concert for the badly earthquake- damaged Mission San Miguel.

 

The theme of the Music Festival is “One in the Spirit.”  The sponsoring ten North County churches of the Christian Unity Week, are thrilled to announce, that they will be joined by their fellow musicians: Gary Lamprecht’s San Luis Obispo Vocal Arts Ensemble, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolsa Choir, and the New World Baroque Orchestra.

 

John Warren, guest music coordinator for the event and Director of the New World Baroque Orchestra said, “This is a rare opportunity for the public to see so many outstanding music organizations perform at a single venue.  We are all excited and delighted to offer our talents to this very important cause ---the restoration of Mission San Miguel, one of California’s oldest and most important historic landmarks.”

 

The ten North County churches include: Atascadero United Methodist Church Choir, St. James’ Episcopal Parish Choir/ Band, Second Baptist and Youth Choirs, Plymouth Congregational Church Choir, San Miguel Mission Choir, St. Rose of Lima Church Choir, Atascadero St. Luke Episcopal Youth Symphony Ensemble, Templeton Bethel Lutheran Church Choir, Trinity Lutheran Church Choir, and North County Christian Fellowship Church Choir.

 

After the concert, refreshments will be served. This is a Free Will Concert. All donations will go to the Mission San Miguel Preservation Fund.

 

When making your Memorial Day plans, why not highlight the weekend by bringing family and friends to an up-lifting celebration of song and spirit?   ---This is an extraordinary opportunity to be surrounded by the sights and sounds of the best of the Central Coast. The concert, the first of its kind held in the North County, will give everyone a chance to meet new friends and join in the effort of restoring North County’s oldest historic landmark---You can’t miss!

 

For more information, call 805 467-2131.