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November 29, 2011

Jill Miller and Mount Zion Present Christmas Benefit Concert for Sunrise

Songwriter Jill Miller and the Mount Zion Baptist Choir will perform "The Gift of Christmas" benefit concert at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Orpheum Theatre to raise funds for the new Health Center at Sunrise Retirement Community.

The Lamb School Musical Theatre Troupe and Mount Zion Children’s Choir will also perform. Miller will sing original songs as well as holiday classics. Miller has recorded three CDs and performs throughout the area. This is her fifth benefit concert for Sunrise.

The 35-member Mount Zion Baptist Choir has been performing in Siouxland for many years. Choir musician, Charles Sanders, is returning from tour to join Miller and the choir on stage. Sanders has toured the country for the past year playing the drums and keyboard with Indigenous, a well-known blues rock band, which has opened for Buddy Guy, Robert Randolph Band and others.

Portraits by Bobier Studio will be offered in the theatre lobby along with a gift raffle.

Concert proceeds will support funding construction of the Health Center, which will feature all private rooms. The Health Center will offer skilled care, nursing care, assisted living memory care and assisted living. It will feature expanded Medicare outpatient therapy and gardens.

The Health Center, the heart of the 35-acre Sunrise campus, will connect with two secured buildings — the Bernstein and Sunlight Memory Care centers.

"A special evening of holiday music enhances the Christmas season," says Bev Zenor, Sunrise executive director. "As our senior residents relish sharing golden memories of Christmas holidays, we enjoy sharing the season’s spirit with others."

Sponsors are KTIV Channel 4, The Sioux City Journal, KSCJ Radio and Y Country 101.3.

Concert tickets are on sale for $15 for adults at Sunrise and at the door. Children 12 and under are free. Groups of 10 or more are $10 each and can be purchased by calling Sunrise at 712-276-3821, ext 3144.