Sundays @ Quarry Hill

Enjoy a Sunday program for adults, families, scout groups, etc. All programs will begin in the Savanna Room at 1:30 p.m. and last approximately one hour.

1st Sundays = Birds. We will focus on birds and activities typically include trapping, netting, and releasing of birds. Fee: $2 for adults and $1 for children. No pre-registration necessary, but space is limited.

1st Sundays = Birds. Join us at Quarry Hill the 1st Sunday of the month when we trap and band birds as part of the Federal Bird Banding program. Each month features a different bird topic as well. Fee: $2 adults / $1 youth. Reservations not required but space is limited. December 4, Audubon Bird Count; January 8, Our Little Chickadees; February 5, Bossy Bluejays; March 4, Colorful Cardinals

2nd & 4th Sundays = Cave. Find out about the Park’s many historical structures before we head to the cave followed by an optional hike to our featured site. Pre-registration is strongly recommended for cave tours to ensure placement. Fee: $2 for adults and $1 for children. December 11, Cave & Climbing Wall; January 15 & 29, Cave & Drop Structure; February 12 & 26, Cave & Pond

3rd Sundays = Critters. Our focus will be on Quarry Hill’s live animal displays and will possibly include feeding of animals. Fee: $2 for adults and $1 for children. No pre-registration necessary, but space is limited. December 18, Silly over Snakes; January 22, Going Batty Over Bats; February 19, Rockin’ Raptors

5th Sundays = Nature. Join us as we explore an outdoor nature topic that will include a hike or activity. Fee: $2 for adults and $1 for children. No pre-registration necessary, but space is limited. January 1, Snow Tracks. (This date is correct even though it is not the 5th Sunday.)

Honors Choirs Voices Concert

VOICES: Music Celebrating Music. Sunday, February 19, 4:00 p.m. Bethel Lutheran Church, 810 Third Avenue SE.


Voices! Over 250 of them! These singers in our four choirs are from all over the region, and they audition to participate so they are the cream of the crop! This year our VOICES concert will be all about music and its incredible power in our lives. Just a few of the selections will be Irving Berlin’s “I Love a Piano,” sung by our Children’s Chorus (grades 3-4), a piece from a Handel oratorio by Treble Choir, the rhythmic hymn “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” by Chorale (grades 7-9), and Moses Hogan’s “I’m Gonna Sing ‘Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart” by Concert Choir (grades 10-12). Hear ragtime, spirituals, Latin/jazz, music written long ago and music by today’s best composers – music to feed your soul! All 250+ voices will close the concert with “How Can I Keep from Singing,” telling what brings them together to rehearse week after week – music! The Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota invites you to come and be inspired!

The performance will take place in the spacious sanctuary of Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester at 4:00 p.m. Reserved seats are $18, and general admission tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for youth (ages 0-college). For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.HonorsChoirs.org or call (507) 252-0505.

Honors Choirs is grateful to the sponsors of this concert: Rodney D. Anderson Law Offices, LLC and Merchants Bank. Our season is also made possible in part by a grant from the MN State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.