This year celebrates the 26th annual tour of John Doan’s Victorian Christmas Concert. This year’s tour includes Oregon, California, and Arizona. Tickets sell out fast, so get yours now.

The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. “The show explores how Victorians invented many Christmas traditions we remember and quite a few we have forgotten,” said the Willamette music professor. “The 20-string harp guitar, classical banjo and ukelin are just a few of the original instruments that will be featured. The aim is to recapture the feeling of a time before radio and TV when our ancestors provided most of their own musical entertainment at home, especially during the holidays.”

Doan plays more than a dozen turn-of-the-century instruments once popular in American parlors, on vaudeville stages and in mandolin orchestras. He explains their history in a entertaining and often zany fashion, shows slides of old catalogues and archival photographs, and leads the audience in singing (or whistling) many of our most beloved carols. John will include several arrangements from his CD, “Wrapped in White: Visions of Christmas Past.”
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Event Details

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 11/30/12
• Time: 8:00pm
• Venue: Willamette University, Hudson Hall
• City: Salem , Oregon
• Address: 900 State Street
• Venue phone: 503-370-6255
• Country: United States
• Admission: Advanced tickets are available at the Music Department or by phone at $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for Seniors, children and students under 18. Tickets at the door are $18.00. Willamette University students, faculty, and staff may acquire free tickets up
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. “The show explores how Victorians invented many Christmas traditions we remember and quite a few we have forgotten,” said the Willamette music professor. “The 20-string harp guitar, classical banjo and ukelin are just a few of the original instruments that will be featured. The aim is to recapture the feeling of a time before radio and TV when our ancestors provided most of their own musical entertainment at home, especially during the holidays.” Doan plays more than a dozen turn-of-the-century instruments once popular in American parlors, on vaudeville stages and in mandolin orchestras. He explains their history in a entertaining and often zany fashion, shows slides of old catalogues and archival photographs, and leads the audience in singing (or whistling) many of our most beloved carols. John will include several arrangements from his CD, “Wrapped in White: Visions of Christmas Past.”

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/01/12
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: Living Way Fellowship
• City: Sandy , Oregon
• Address: 39300 Dubarko Road
• Venue phone: (503) 668-8088
• Country: United States
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/02/12
• Time: 4:00pm
• Venue: 1st Christian Church of Silverton
• City: Silverton , OR
• Address: 402 North 1st Street
• Venue phone: (503) 873-6620
• Country: United States
• Admission: $15
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: (503) 873-6620
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. This is the first time this show has been presented in Silverton.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/08/12
• Time: 7:30pm
• Venue: Pacific University
• City: Forest Grove , Oregon
• Address: 2043 College Way
• Venue phone: 503-352-6151
• Country: United States
• Admission: $22.00
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: 503-352-2918
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. The Concert is presented in the Taylor Meade Performing Arts Center located on the southeast corner of the Forest Grove campus (near Pacific Ave & Cedar Street).

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/09/12
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church
• City: Manzanita , OR
• Address: 36335 Highway 101
• Venue phone: 503-368-3846
• Country: United States
• Admission: $15 for adults and $10 for students
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: At Door
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. This is a return performance to the Oregon North Coast after several years.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/13/12
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: Newman United Methodist Church
• City: Grants Pass , OR
• Address: 132 NE B Street
• Venue phone: (541) 479-5369
• Country: United States
• Admission: $12 for adults and $10 for students
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: At the door
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. This concert marks a return to Grants Pass for the Victorian Christmas Concert in its 26th year!

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/14/12
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: The Strum Shop
• City: Roseville , CA
• Address: 408 Roseville Square
• Venue phone: (916) 787-8786
• Country: United States
• Admission: $20 at the door
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: (916) 787-8786
• Notes: The Strum Shop is a great place to come for all things music. This will be an intimate concert in a setting lined with musical instruments and shoulder to shoulder people singing and celebrating this special Holiday Season.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/15/12
• Time: 8:00pm
• Venue: Pleasant Valley Senior Center
• City: Camarillo , California
• Address: 1605 Burnley Street
• Venue phone: 805-659-3448 or 805-579-0009
• Country: United States
• Admission: $15
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: Presented by the Ventura Guitar Society. This is a rare chance to be up close to century old guitars, harp guitars, banjos, and zithers as John takes you back to a time when people actually entertained themselves before machines did that for us.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/16/12
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: Episcopal Church of the Blessed Sacrament
• City: Placentia , CA
• Address: 1314 North Angelina Dr.
• Venue phone: (714) 528-2995
• Country: United States
• Admission: $15 suggested donation for adults and $10 for seniors and children under 18 years of age.
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: (714) 528-2995
• Notes: This will be a return performance after many years. The Church sanctuary is quite lovely and the people there are some of the most friendly you will find anywhere. The evening should be a load of fun for all.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/21/12
• Time: 8:00pm
• Venue: Trinity Presbyterian
• City: Prescott , AZ
• Address: 630 Park Ave
• Country: United States
• Admission: $15.00
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: The festive concert presented by The Folk Sessions and Chaparral Music is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. Don’t miss the experience of this memorable concert in Prescott.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/22/12
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: Old Town Center for The Arts
• City: Cottonwood , Arizona
• Address: 633 N 5th St
• Venue phone: 928-634-0940
• Country: United States
• Admission: $15 adv, $18 door, $20 priority
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Box office: (928) 634-0940
• Notes: The festive concert is a live version of Doan’s Emmy-nominated Public Broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago.

• Artist: John Doan
• Tour: Victorian Christmas Concert Tour 2012
• Date: 12/23/12
• Time: 6:00pm
• Venue: Higley Center for the Performing Arts
• City: Gilbert, Arizona
• Address: 4132 East Pecos Road, Gilbert, Arizona 85295
• Venue phone: (480) 279-7190
• Country: United States
• Admission: Adult $24.00, Seniors and Children $22.00
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: Presented by the HCPA and AMAZ Radio – A live version of the Emmy-Nominated Public Broadcasting Television Special which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago.