The Market Street Singers helped raise $780 to benefit the Ballard Northwest Senior Center by performing in “Sister's Christmas Catechism” at ACT Theatre Dec. 6 and Dec. 13.

Donations were collected from the audience following the show in which the chorus provided several musical numbers.

Chris Vincent, director of The Market Street Singers, presented the donation to Carlye Teel, director of the senior center, Dec. 16 during the center’s annual holiday lunch.

“The performance at ACT Theatre could be described as a holiday mystery extravaganza,” Vincent said during the donation presentation. “Sister solved the mystery of what happened to the Magi’s gold. She used audience members to create a hilarious living nativity while employing forensics to solve the mystery.”

This donation to the senior center is one way The Market Street Singers has worked to cultivate neighborhood pride this year, Vincent said in a press release. It builds on last year’s donation of nearly $700 to the center.

The Market Street Singers is a choral ensemble for Ballard and beyond that builds connections within diverse communities by celebrating the joy of choral music among singers and listeners.

The chorus rehearses Tuesday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ballard Northwest Senior Center and resumes rehearsals on Jan. 5, preparing for its May concert, “Hits of the 60s (1360s, 1460s, 1560s, etc.).”

The journey through seven centuries of choral music will celebrate everything from early Renaissance motets to the Beatles. Choral singers of all ages and ranges are encouraged to join.