# Mark O'Connor at Miner Auditorium, December 16, 2015

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/events/2015-16/1216/mark-oconnor) presents _An Appalachian Christmas_ featuring [Mark O'Connor](http://www.markoconnor.com/)  
2015-12-16  
[Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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## Set One

[7:31 PM lights down, announcements]

01. [7:31 PM] _Jingle Bells_
02. [7:35 PM] _Beautiful Star of Bethlehem_ (CC)  
[add Maggie O'Connor]
03. [7:40 PM] _Now It Belongs to You_ (FO)
04. [7:50 PM] _Carol of the Bells_
05. [7:53 PM] _Sleigh Ride_
06. [7:58 PM] _Slumber My Darling_ (CC)  
[drop Kate Lee, Maggie O'Connor; add Carrie Rodriguez]
07. [8:04 PM] _Winter Wonderland_ (CR)  
[drop Cia Cherryholmes, Forrest O'Connor, Michael Rinne; add Kate Lee, Maggie O'Connor]
08. [8:08 PM] _the Cherry Tree Carol_  
[add Cia Cherryholmes, Forrest O'Connor, Michael Rinne]
09. [8:13 PM] _Blue Christmas_ (CR)
10. [8:17 PM] _Linus and Lucy_  
[set ends 8:22 PM]

## Set Two

[8:40 PM lights down, announcements]

01. [8:41 PM] _Appalachia Waltz_ >>
02. [8:48 PM] _Silent Night_ >>
03. [8:50 PM] ? (unidentified Klezmer tune) >>
04. [8:53 PM] _Dreidel, Dreidel_
05. [8:56 PM] _Christmas Time is Comin'_
06. [9:00 PM] _Away in a Manger_ (CC)
07. [9:04 PM] _Ol' Blue_ (FO)
08. [9:08 PM] _One Winter's Night_  
[all off but Cia Cherryholmes, Mark O'Connor]
09. [9:13 PM] _Amazing Grace_ (CC)  
[all back, add Carrie Rodriguez]
10. [9:18 PM] _the Christmas Song_
11. [9:23 PM] _Jingle Bell Rock_
12. [9:28 PM] _What Child Is This_
13. [9:31 PM] _Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring_ >>
14. [9:37 PM] _Amy's Jig_  
[set ends 9:42 PM]  
   
**Encore**
15. [9:43 PM] _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_  
[show ends 9:46 PM]


## Performers

* [Cia Cherryholmes](http://songsofthefall.com/): banjo, lead and harmony vox;
* [Kate Lee](http://www.kateleemusic.com/): violin, lead and harmony vox;
* [Forrest O'Connor](http://www.forrestoconnormusic.com/): mandolin, lead and harmony vox;
* [Maggie O'Connor](http://www.maggieoconnorviolin.com/): violin, harmony vox;
* [Mark O'Connor](http://www.markoconnor.com/): violin;
* [Michael Rinne](http://michaelrinne.com/): contrabass, harmony vox;
* [Carrie Rodriguez](http://www.carrierodriguez.com/): violin, lead and harmony vox;
* [Joe Smart](https://www.facebook.com/Joe-Smart-757047757711117/): acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox.

## Notes

So tonight's show was pretty good for a Christmas-themed gig: small doses of holiday cheer, dispensed by virtuoso musicians makes for a nice experience. Would I do it again next time? Yeah, sure, in a year or two! I think I have one more holiday-appropriate show on the calendar, Saturday night's [NCCO gig](2015-12-19-2), and that will roast my Christmas buns just right until next year.

Anyway, it was a treat to listen to Mark's fiddling, and nice that the show offered a bit of variety beyond the standard caroling fare. Like, _Linus and Lucy_ -- must be something in the air to get folks thinking about Vince Guaraldi recently! And wow! I'd forgotten what a great singer Cia Cherryholmes is; with her show-stopping version of _Amazing Grace_ she bumped herself way back up on my "go hear again" list.

Nice also to get a two set show at the jazz center again -- seems more like a real night's entertainment that way, though I guess it's just as nice to get home a little early when the show is on a weeknight.
 
{{tag>music Mark_O'Connor Miner_Auditorium Cia_Cherryholmes Carrie_Rodriguez Kate_Lee Forrest_O'Connor Maggie_O'Connor Michael_Rinne Joe_Smart}}

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