The Lehighton Area Middle School Music Department will present its 18th annual holiday program on Tuesday in the auditorium.

The fifth- and sixth-grade groups will begin at 6:30 p.m. The seventh- and eighth-grade band and choirs will begin at 7:45 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m.The Jazz Ensemble will begin the program with "White Christmas," a classic written by American icon Irving Berlin, followed by "Who Let The Elves Out." Joshua Pickerin, Aidan Malloy and Samuel Maholick will be featured on this number.The jazz ensemble is under the direction of Thomas Weidner.The fifth- and sixth-grade band, also under Weidner's direction, will perform "Jolly Old St. Nick," arranged by Scott Watson of the Parkland School District.Other selections include "Stars and Angels," which interweaves "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Angels We Have Heard on High" and the Elvis Presley classic, "Blue Christmas."The Treble Chorale, consisting of fifth- and sixth-graders under the direction of Weidner, will conclude the first half of the program. It will perform a selection entitled "A Winter Carol," which is based off the Native American carol "The Huron Carol."The chorus will perform an original entitled, "Hanukkah Feeling." It will conclude the program with "Holiday Rock."The seventh- and eighth-grade portion of the program will begin with the show choir, Music Express Junior, under the direction of Laura Welkey.The choir will open with "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus," followed by "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" and "Counting Down to Christmas." Paige Gruber, a seventh-grader, and Jaden Scherer, an eighth-grader, will be featured on this final selection.The seventh- and eighth-grade concert band, under the direction of Beth Perkins, will perform next. Their first selection will be "Christmas Tidings" by Elliot Del Borgo.Next the seventh- and eighth-grade band will perform an arrangement of the timeless classic, "O' Little Town of Bethlehem."For its final selection, the band will perform a medley of the music from the modern classic, "Frozen."The Choraliers, the seventh- and eighth-grade chorus, under the direction of Welkey, will open its portion of the program with "Be Glad This Festive Day." "Jubilate Deo," featuring Calvin Maholick on piano, will follow.Olivia Frendt, an eighth-grader, will accompany the chorus on the wistful "Durme, Durme."Other selections include "Perfect Christmas Night" and "So Baroque At Christmas," which is based on themes from Handel's Messiah. Calvin Maholick will accompany the chorus on its final selection.The snow date for the program is Wednesday. The concert is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.