Minooka Community High School choirs to host 30th madrigal dinner in December

Minooka Community High School’s choir program will stage its 30th annual Madrigal Dinner, a Renaissance-themed holiday feast with music and costumed performers, on two dates in December, according to organizers.Performances are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, and 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in the Great Hall at the school’s Central Campus. Doors open a half-hour before each show, and organizers ask guests to be seated before the royal procession begins.The MCHS madrigal singers, MCHS choirs, and the choir boosters are presenting the event. Students Samuel Thomas and Kaylee McGowan will preside as the king and queen.Randy Benware directs the varsity madrigal singers, and Kimberly Jo Minarich directs the JV madrigal singers. Anthony Babich leads the court players, and Mitchell Lucas conducts the madrigal brass.The cast also includes a jester, minstrels, a bard, rose sellers, beggars, and student servers.Dinner includes wassail, roast beef and chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, steam