David Ries, a senior at George Mason High School, is pictured above singing and playing guitar at the Falls Church Lions Club’s holiday party at La Côte D’Or on Dec. 17. The Mason flute quartet also performed for the Lions that evening. For the finale, Ries was joined by his father on piano for a rendition of “Silent Night.”

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