The Villages Pops Chorus Christmas concert is filled with the spirit of joyful renewal and celebration. This year – for Director Bill Davis and the 150 Chorus members — the holiday performance will be emotional and bittersweet.
Earlier this year, Davis was diagnosed with cancer and will be leaving The Villages. He built the Chorus into a major musical and charitable force over the past decade.
Due to chemotherapy and other health issues, Davis wasn’t sure if he would make the holiday program. But he will be at the Dec. 9 performance at 3 and 6 p.m. in the North Lake Presbyterian Church.
He is ready for his musical finale. “I’m just so happy I can be a part of it; these people and this music means so much to me,” Davis, 75, said Saturday, during a rehearsal…