Musicians Anne Blythe and Coleman Davis, children of Blythe and Kelly Davis of Swan Quarter, and Emma Christensen, daughter of Tim and Jennifer Christensen of Greenville, will be performing during the upcoming Christmas in Hyde Concert sponsored by the Friends of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse on December 13. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7 pm at the Swan Quarter Baptist Church, 336 Main Street.

Anne Blythe (15), Coleman (13), and Emma (13) enjoy playing music as a hobby. Anne Blythe has taken piano lessons for several years and studies with Nadi Richter in Greenville. She primarily plays classical pieces from the 19th and early 20th centuries. She has performed at Music Across the Sounds and at benefit concerts for the Relay for Life and Hyde County Hotline.

Coleman has studied violin for several years in Greenville studios where he has enjoyed learning classical violin and fiddling. He is a member of the Eastern Junior Youth Orchestra and has performed with Molasses Creek at the annual Music Across the Sounds concerts and with his sister at local benefit concerts.

Emma has studied violin for 8 years. She enjoys classical music, fiddling, and popular music.  She has performed with the Eastern Junior Youth Orchestra, Memory Studios, and in music circles in Greenville and Lubec, Maine.

Anne Blythe’s piano solo, Chopin’s Revolutionary, will open the concert. Later in the program, Coleman and Emma will play violin duets to include The First Noel, arranged by Wendy Bissinger, and a fiddling version of Dvorak’s Humoresque, arranged by Derek and Lisa Deakins.

Concert pianist David Roach is from Rutherfordton, NC and for the past several years he has come to Hyde County to perform his renditions of vintage holiday music, along with several of his original works. This year’s venue will include a Hyde County twist to the Twelve Days of Christmas! He performs many styles of music including classical and Southern Gospel and his works were composed in honor of God’s direction in his life and the gift of music given to him by God. For more information about Roach visit www.davidhroach.com .

The evening’s program, made possible by the support of many local businesses, will also include audience participation in several songs led by Steve Bryan. Refreshments will be served following the concert. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased from any member of the Friends group and are also available on-line atwww.hyde1854courthouse.org with safe payment by PayPal. Seating is limited.

The Friends organization is a nonprofit organization with a mission of developing and implementing a sound economic strategy for preserving, utilizing, and sustaining Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse in order to promote community, cultural, educational, ecological, and economic development. Recently they opened the new MATTIE (Mattamuskeet Artists – Teaching, Training, Instructing and Educating) Arts Center on the first floor of this Hyde County landmark that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Proceeds from the concert will be used to fulfill their mission.