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HOLIDAY HERALDING This week, we turn the text over to our old bud Michael Kellerman (Habitat for Humanity's Pride Build guy and sometimes Chronicle contributor). Michael's review of last year's holiday concert by the Capital City Men's Chorus is pretty sweet, so we thought we'd replay a bit of his take to tout this year's show, coming up this Sunday. Here's Michael: "Born of the Reagan era at the peak of the U.S. AIDS epidemic, the CCMC was founded to foster unity through performance, an antidote to the hypocrisy and fear that then dominated the national conversation. Twenty years after 16 men first sang in St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church, the chorus' 50 members, handsomely clad in black ties, honored their tradition before a jam-packed, animated, standing-room-only audience. The CCMC occupies a unique place in Austin's arts ecology. As a community organization, the ensemble covers a large spectrum of vocal talents, from the trained to the novice. Under the baton of Dr. Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, though, the CCMC tackles repertoires that would challenge any professional chorus." And this year's show promises to be just as fab. Get your tickets now: www.ccmcaustin.org.

(See Sunday.)

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