The concert featured exceptional local talent, including the Manning Valley Concert Band, the Valley Voices Choir, Kantabile, and exceptional performances by Mary Camphuis and Ronan King-Rose, Don Secomb and Bruce Wiseman, and the first public performance of the finale to Ariana Shneider`s new musical, “Crystal Dreaming.”
A standing ovation was given for an especially commissioned composition reflecting the beauty of the Manning Valley, “From Hidden Valleys to the Open Sea,” by Jonathan Billingham.