The annual Kiddie Pops Concert by the Land of Legend Philharmonic is set for 4 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 28) in Swasey Chapel on the campus of Denison University. Admission is free and children are encouraged to come in costume and participate in the Children's March. Prizes will be awarded for the top three costumes.

Featured on the program will be "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens. Yung-Ching Yang and Nelson Harper, faculty members in Denison's music department, will be the piano soloists for this lively work by the French romantic composer. Another favorite work will feature Anthony Zilincik in "Tubby the Tuba." Special guest narrator for the concert will be Dale T. Knobel, president of Denison.

Additional selections by the orchestra, which is conducted by William Baker, include "The Waltzing Cat," "Donkey Serenade," and the "Children's March."

Major sponsors of the concert are the Denison department of music, the State Farm Insurance Companies, the Ohio Arts Council, and Target. Additional support comes from the Newark Rotary, Nu-Way Services, Inc. and the orchestra's many patrons.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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