16 pages of score and parts. Duration: less than three minutes.

Arranged from the original solo piano version (also available in Sheet Music Plus, and on Richard Fountain's debut CD, American Ivory), Guide to Holiday Shopping is joyous Christmas rondo for the advanced wind quintet. All players get to dabble in the foreground music. Listen for the clarinet's "hallelujahs" at Rehearsal G. This is music to help us balance the stresses of the holidays with the purpose and mission of our shopping, and to remind us of the reason for the season. Completely appropriate for inclusion on any social event during November and December.

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