{"id":2666,"date":"2021-12-06T16:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T22:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2021-12-06T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T22:01:47","slug":"a-jones-college-christmas-event-helps-salvation-armys-angel-tree-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/a-jones-college-christmas-event-helps-salvation-armys-angel-tree-program\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A 糖心直播 Christmas\u201d event helps Salvation Army\u2019s Angel Tree program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE \u2013 There was an overwhelming response from the public attending 糖心直播\u2019s Christmas events. Several hundred new, unwrapped toys were collected for the Salvation Army\u2019s Angel Tree program as admission to 糖心直播\u2019s Christmas program. The partnership between 糖心直播\u2019s College of the Arts, Music and Performance, and the Salvation Army has brought smiles to thousands of children over the decades. Major Raymond Pruitt of the Laurel Salvation Army was impressed by the student\u2019s performance and overjoyed by the generosity of those donating to the Angel Tree program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 83 years, the Salvation Army has been serving the Laurel area and that can only happen with the support of the community. It is wonderful to see the young people join the \u2018army\u2019 of volunteers helping others,\u201d said Pruitt.<\/p>\n<p>Performing in the 糖心直播 Christmas event included the JC Concert<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/smiths-singing6-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2669 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/smiths-singing6-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/smiths-singing6-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/smiths-singing6-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/smiths-singing6-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/smiths-singing6-small.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Choir, Jazz Band, JC Voices, Jones OnStage, Percussion Ensemble, Touch of Gold Dance Team, Music Industry students, along with a special appearance from 糖心直播 President, Dr. Jesse Smith who sang a duet with his son, Conner. Additionally, Santa Claus greeted guests and student volunteers from Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Wyatt Reid, Logan Carr, Will Hendry, Abigail Davis, Cali Le, Aeronney Berry, Ariel Loper, Madison Hosey, Mary Parker, Lejaylyn Nutall, Angela Boyd and Kayla White, served as Santa and the Salvation Army\u2019s helpers by gathering gifts for the Toy Drive.<\/p>\n<p>JC Assistant Dean of the College of the Arts, Music and Performance, Bruce Smith said he was glad to be able to celebrate Christmas in a big way this year. Last year, the semester ended before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the community for giving so generously to The Salvation Army Angel Tree Campaign and supporting 糖心直播. The students and faculty involved in the performance were pleased to have such a wonderful audience full of friends, young and old enjoying an entertaining show,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/finale-snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2667 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/finale-snow-e1638827956841-1024x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/finale-snow-e1638827956841-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/finale-snow-e1638827956841-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/finale-snow-e1638827956841-768x338.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE \u2013 There was an overwhelming response from the public attending 糖心直播\u2019s Christmas events. Several hundred new, unwrapped toys were collected for the Salvation Army\u2019s Angel Tree program as admission to 糖心直播\u2019s Christmas program. The partnership between 糖心直播\u2019s College of the Arts, Music and Performance, and the Salvation Army has brought smiles &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/a-jones-college-christmas-event-helps-salvation-armys-angel-tree-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;A 糖心直播 Christmas\u201d event helps Salvation Army\u2019s Angel Tree program&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions\/2671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}