"Messiah" community choir returns, invites new members to join

After having to take a two-year break, the annual Handel’s “Messiah” Interfaith Community Choir is returning this year.

“It’s such a beautiful, spiritual way to start the Christmas season,” Bonnie Arnold said. “It’s lovely.”

Arnold has produced the “Messiah” concert through the years after starting the tradition a decade ago along with Nancy Stevens.

“The last two years we were not able to do it because of COVID, and so we’re really excited that we could do this,” Arnold said about bringing the choir back.

As an alternative to the choir performance during the pandemic, another tradition was st...