NATCHITOCHES – The 15th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Multicultural Christmas Concert will be held Thursday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum located at 800 Front Street in Natchitoches. The concert is a benefit for Cane River Children’s Services. The concert is free and open to the general public, with donations accepted.  

The concert will include a variety of both sacred and secular Christmas performances. Seasonal songs will be sung by Justin Cruse-Ivy, Dallas McCann, Leah Thompson, the choir for the Natchitoches congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Latin and Greek Singers of Natchitoches. Instrumental performers will include J.D. Henderson, Sienna Henderson, Dr. Kent Peacock and June Yao. The concert will also include a reading of seasonal haiku by Donna Baker, a dance performance by L’arabesque Belly Dance Troupe and a special appearance by Jelvis. 

The Multicultural Christmas Concert is sponsored by the Louisiana Folklife Center, the Gail Metoyer Center for Inclusion and Diversity at NSU and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum. For more information please contact (318) 357-4332 or folklife@nsula.edu.