Wake Forest's 2009 Centennial Celebration continues on April 19 with the Six Sundays in Spring Centennial Concert featuring the Wake Forest Singers. The event gets underway at 5 p.m. and admission is free. The concert will take place at Holding Park, 133 W. Owen Ave.

The Centennial Celebration began Dec. 31, 2008 with First Light Wake Forest and continued with the wildly popular Party of the Century on Feb. 20, 2009.

For the first time since its inception, the Six Sundays in Spring concert series will be held someplace other than the Wake Forest College Birthplace - which served as the series' home for many years. After an extremely successful run, the concerts grew in popularity to the point that organizers decided a larger venue was needed.

Organizers hoped E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, would be ready in time to host the concert series this year. Unfortunately, construction delays will prevent the park from being open until some time this summer. As a result, all of the Six Sundays in Spring concerts, including the Centennial Concert, will be held at Holding Park, 133 W. Owen Ave. In the event of rain, the April 19 concert will be moved indoors to Wake Forest Baptist Church, 107 E. South Ave.

The Wake Forest Singers, directed by Ginger Graves, will headline the Centennial Concert and will perform "Music Through the Decades." Accompanist Susan Moss, guest musician Greg Smith and 29 voices will perform selections that include The Impossible Dream, Down by the Old Mill Stream, Alexanders Ragtime Band, Dear Old Wake Forest, Unchained Melody, Dancing Queen, What a Wonderful World and You Raise Me Up and more. Narrator, Doug Buttram, will provide special narration explaining the significance of each piece and how it relates to the history of Wake Forest.

The concert will also feature the 21-piece Wake Forest-Rolesville High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Shannon Norman, as well as other local musicians.

Artwork created by Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club members, as well as art students from Sunflower Studio and the Flaherty Park Community Center will be on display. The artwork depicting locomotives and Wake Forest Railroad Crossings will be included in a special art contest that will culminate with the announcement of the winners at the concert.

Centennial Celebration goody bags will be handed out throughout the concert and refreshments will be served. In addition, a balloon artist and face painter will be on hand for both the young and the young at heart.

All centennial merchandise, including Connections...100 Years of Wake Forest History and centennial blankets, will be available for purchase at the concert. Attendees will also have the opportunity to order an engraved brick paver to be placed in Centennial Plaza - the gateway to the new Wake Forest Town Hall.

If you love good music and enjoy visiting with friends and neighbors, then pack a blanket and a picnic basket - or purchase delicious food provided by the VFW, Rotary Club of Wake Forest or Blue Star Moms - and join us at Holding Park on April 19 as we continue Wake Forest's 100th birthday celebration with the Six Sundays in Spring Centennial Concert.