Discounted tickets available now for gift-giving December 12, 2020
Lisa Chavez
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra will welcome the new year with a festive program featuring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez and discounted livestream gift tickets to allow patrons to share the concert with family members and friends.
The concert begins at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, at the Church of God in Easton, Md., for both virtual and live, socially distanced audiences.
“It will be very exciting for our audience to hear Lisa Chavez, one of the great American mezzos of today,” said Maestro Julien Benichou, Mid-Atlantic Symphony music director. “Everyone who hears her sing agrees that there is no one else like her.”
BELEN â The Belen Board of Education selected the next superintendent for Belen Consolidated Schools Tuesday evening.Â
Lawrence Sanchez, who was appointed acting superintendent in November and has been with the district since 1996, will be the top administrator.
Lawrence Sanchez
Acting superintendent
Sanchez was one of 10 applicants vying for the job. The selection committee narrowed the field to five before the board unanimously selected Sanchez on a 3-0 vote.
Max Cordova and Larry Lindberg were not at Tuesdayâs meeting. Cordova is the uncle of one of the applicants and recused himself from the entire process, including the vote.
Board member Jim Danner nominated Sanchez for the position, with a second from Aubrey Tucker. The two and board president Lisa Chavez voted yes on the nomination.