{"id":197030,"date":"2025-11-24T09:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=197030"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:39:51","slug":"mountain-melody-womens-chorus-celebrates-20-years-with-a-holiday-concert-of-pure-imagination-december-6-7-and-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=197030","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Melody Women\u2019s Chorus Celebrates 20 Years with a Holiday Concert of \u201cPure Imagination,\u201d December 6, 7, and 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calaveras County, CA&#8230;Mountain Melody Women\u2019s Chorus presents a holiday music program to cheer audiences with songs of \u201cPure Imagination\u201d at 2pm on December 6th in Mokelumne Hill, December 7th in Mountain Ranch and December 13th in Murphys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197035\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-scaled.jpeg 1978w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-768x994.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-1583x2048.jpeg 1583w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-570x738.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-701x907.jpeg 701w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-Winter-2025-Concerts-Flyer-1067x1381.jpeg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197036\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-rotated.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-119x89.jpg 119w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-701x526.jpg 701w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-1067x800.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mountain Melody came together as a group 20 years ago, and the mostly Calaveras ensemble continues to bring sophistication and beautifully blended voices to all types of choral music. Members hail from Mountain Ranch, Valley Springs, Mokelumne Hill, San Andreas, Angels Camp, Murphys, and Fiddletown, and some have been singing with the chorus since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday program is always a special treat for audiences. Along with the title song \u201cPure Imagination,\u201d the choir will perform such classics as \u201cSleigh Ride\u201d and \u201cChristmas Waltz,\u201d as well as new favorites like \u201cSing Gently\u201d and \u201cWalking in the Air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur music showcases our talented, dedicated singers and our piano accompanist, with a program designed to transport listeners to sparkling worlds of holiday beauty,\u201d said Mountain Melody Director Julia Shelby.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is invited to enjoy this uplifting, family-friendly concert to add a touch of magic and merriment to holiday celebrations. All performances are free to the public and donations are gratefully accepted. For more information, please contact Julia Shelby at 209-419-0028.<\/p>\n<p>Performances are:<br \/>\n2pm, Saturday, December 6th<br \/>\nHotel Leger<br \/>\n8304 Main St. Mokelumne Hill<\/p>\n<p>2pm, Sunday, December 7th<br \/>\nMountain Ranch Community Club<br \/>\n8049 Washington St. Mountain Ranch<\/p>\n<p>2pm, Saturday, December 13th<br \/>\nMurphys Creek Theatre<br \/>\n580 S. Algiers St. Murphys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calaveras County, CA&#8230;Mountain Melody Women\u2019s Chorus presents a holiday music program to cheer audiences with songs of \u201cPure Imagination\u201d at 2pm on December 6th in Mokelumne Hill, December 7th in Mountain Ranch and December 13th in Murphys. Mountain Melody came together as a group 20 years ago, and the mostly Calaveras ensemble continues to bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19,20,4,14,37,18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-life-style","category-mokelumne-hill","category-mountain-ranch","category-murphys","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mountain-Melody-2025-group-shot-rotated.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197037,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197030\/revisions\/197037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/197036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}