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PLU Holiday Photo Recap

PLU Holiday Photo Recap

Posted by: / December 16, 2015
Award-winning Opera soprano Angela Meade ’01 (center in blue) at PLU’s 125th Anniversary Gala Concert on Friday, Dec. 11 in Lagerquist Concert Hall. (Photo by PLU/John Froschauer)

Image: Award-winning Opera soprano Angela Meade ’01 (center in blue) at PLU’s 125th Anniversary Gala Concert on Friday, Dec. 11 in Lagerquist Concert Hall. (Photo by PLU/John Froschauer)

December 16, 2015
By Zach Powers '10
PLU Marketing & Communications

TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 16, 2015)- Recently ranked the sixth-best university in the country for holiday events by Best College Reviews, Pacific Lutheran University students, staff and faculty collaborated on a wide variety of Christmas events throughout the month of December.

Highlights included Christmas concerts on campus as well as in Seattle and Portland, the 25th Annual Winterfest, and the annual Sankta Lucia Fest. (All photos by PLU photographer John Froschauer unless otherwise noted.)

Celebration of Light

On Friday, Dec. 4 the Celebration of Light began with the Jingle Run and concluded with the the tree lighting and festival carols in Red Square.

PLU on PBS

PLU Christmas featuring Angela Meade with the Choir of the West, the University Chorale and the University Orchestra Brian Galante conducting at PLU on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)
PLU Christmas Concert to Air on PBS Affiliates in Seattle-Tacoma and Oregon

Thanks to a partnership between PLU and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), the PLU 125 Anniversary Gala Christmas Concert will be broadcast on PBS affiliates in Oregon and Seattle-Tacoma.

Christmas Concert in Seattle

“A Christmas Invitation” was performed at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015.

125th Anniversary Gala Concert

Headlined by New York-based Metropolitan Opera soprano and PLU alumna Angela Meade ’01, the sold out 125th Anniversary Gala Christmas Concert was performed at Lagerquist Concert Hall on Friday, Dec. 11.

25th Annual Winterfest

On Saturday, Dec. 12 over 350 volunteers joined PLU CCES in welcoming 827 local Parkland, Tacoma and Spanaway children and their families to East Campus and presenting them with coats, socks, toys, games, arts and crafts, and a visit from Santa.

Sankta Lucia Fest

On Saturday, Dec. 12 the Scandinavian Cultural Center presented the Sankta Lucia Festival. Students performed Swedish songs and Scandinavian dances. (Photos by Quinn Huelsbeck ’16)