Holiday Giveaway: Take Your Sweetie To The Symphony (Giveaway Ended)

Holiday Giveaway: Take Your Sweetie To The Symphony (Giveaway Ended)

Get yourself in the Christmas spirit this weekend with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra's first Pops concert of the season. The MSO will perform holiday favorites and classics this Saturday, December 12 in the Cannon Center downtown, and I'm giving away a pair of tickets. Congrats to Amanda Rast for winning the tickets!

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If you're looking for a romantic holiday present or a great friend-date, tickets to this weekend's Symphony makes a great gift. You can buy tickets here to ensure you'll be there, or you can enter the I Love Memphis ticket giveaway.

How To Win: (Contest Ended)

Leave me a comment on this post and/or on this Instagram post telling me your favorite lyric in a holiday song. I'll do a random drawing on Friday, December 11 between noon and 12:30 p.m.

More info on this Saturday's Holiday Spectacular show:

- Memphis favorite Joyce Cobb will perform vocals with the symphony

- Father-daughter duo Scott Moore and Shannon Moore are both playing in the Symphony this Saturday; Scott plays trumpet and Shannon plays the flute. Aww!

- There will be music in the halls before the show and at intermission featuring Christmas music performed by the Memphis Youth Symphony Program, Bruce Elementary School Choir, White Station High School, the Memphis Camerata, and more

-  Santa will be making an appearance for photos, alongside a festive Christmas-themed photo-booth

-  The Memphis Symphony League will be providing free holiday treats and hot cider in the lobby at intermission

I recommend grabbing tickets now, but if you want to enter the contest, just leave me your favorite Christmas lyrics in a comment on this post before noon on Friday, December 11.

Majestic wreath Holiday wreath at the Majestic Grill - one of many great downtown restaurants where you can enjoy a pre-Symphony meal!

Go there:

Magic of Memphis Holiday Spectacular
Cannon Center
Saturday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.

all ages

Tickets are $15 - $85

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Jenna Jordan
My favorite lyric in a holiday song is "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas"!
December 9, 2015 4:51pm
Megan Cook
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
December 9, 2015 4:59pm
Meghan
...may your days be merry and bright...and may all your Christmases be white....
December 9, 2015 5:15pm
Danesha
"With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white."
December 9, 2015 5:18pm
Helen Patterson
Away in the Manger: "Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray."
December 9, 2015 5:29pm
Chloe
White Christmas, by Bing Crosby: "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow"
December 9, 2015 7:12pm
Allison Williams
Still, still, still, 'tis the eve of the Savior's birth
December 9, 2015 8:08pm
Ruby
Favorite lyric: The Secret of Christmas by Ella Fitzgerald "It's not the things you do At Christmas time, but the Christmas things you do All year through"
December 9, 2015 8:26pm
Jeannette Ruleman
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
December 9, 2015 8:29pm
Abigail
Chains shall he break for the slave is our brother and in his name all oppression shall cease
December 9, 2015 10:40pm
Stephanie
"So I laid the money down, I just had to help him out. And I'll never forget the look on his face when he said 'Mama's gonna look so great.'"
December 10, 2015 12:12am
Sharon Ellis
Just hear those sleigh bells jingaling ring ting tingaling too!
December 10, 2015 1:03am
Allison
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new glorious morn Fall on your knees O hear the angels' voices O night divine O night when Christ was born O night divine o night O night divine
December 10, 2015 1:10am
Amanda Rast
Great post! Would love to go to the symphony this weekend with my boyfriend! My favorite lyric is, "Fall on your knees, oh hear the angels voices...oh night divine, oh night when Christ was born!"
December 10, 2015 2:05am
Lauren P.
Dashing through the snooooow....in a one-horse open sleigh....over the fields we gooooo....laughing all the way! Hahaha!
December 10, 2015 4:47pm
Andrew B.
"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas..." Because who wouldn't want a hippo for Christmas?
December 10, 2015 4:56pm
Jacqueline Green
O Come All Ye Faithful Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels; O come, let us adore Him,
December 10, 2015 5:00pm
Stacie
Who can forget this classic: Grandma got run over by a reindeer, Walking home from our house Christmas Eve, You can say there's no such thing as Santa, But as for me and Grampa, we believe....
December 10, 2015 5:59pm
Veronica
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
December 10, 2015 6:04pm
Christy
"What a beautiful sight We're happy tonight. " From Winter Wonderland
December 10, 2015 6:46pm
Clayton Creager
As long as you love me so, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
December 10, 2015 7:38pm
Adam
"Well the weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful, So as long as you love me so, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" Snow for Memphis Christmas please!
December 10, 2015 11:08pm
Charly
Joy to the world!
December 11, 2015 12:46am
Lan
although it has been said many times many way, merry christmas to you!
December 11, 2015 4:16am
Janice Wall
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" brings memories of Christmas times at my grandparents' house in Indiana. We always did all the "holiday" things, including roasting nuts and killing our own turkey. (Some things were more fun than others!) Janice Wall
December 11, 2015 12:57pm
Michael
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
December 11, 2015 1:15pm
Alicia
Oh there's no place like home For the holidays, 'cause no matter How far away you roam If you want to be happy in a million ways For the holidays, you can't beat Home, sweet home
December 11, 2015 2:53pm
Tobin
"just when I tried to be so good, I got the chicken pox for Christmas!"
December 11, 2015 3:51pm
Blake
Hark the herald angels sing! The other day I heard a great jazz arrangement on the radio.
December 11, 2015 4:05pm
Dustin
Would love to win these tickets!! Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born!
December 11, 2015 4:43pm
Carol Rosseti
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jackfroast nipping at your nose." The Christmas Son by Nat King Cole
December 11, 2015 5:31pm
Mike Michaud
Through the years we all will be together, If the Fates allow Hang a shining star upon the highest bough And Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas now!
December 11, 2015 5:58pm