Concert and Julebukking Times

We are in the final stretch of this caroling season. Here are reminders for the next few days.

* Thursday, 22nd, 6:15 p.m. - Lutheran Church for Winter Concert

* Friday, 23rd, 11:30 a.m. - PMC Long Term Care

* Saturday, 24th, Noon - Sing Lee Alley Books to start caroling about town

Songs We are Performing

Hello Carolers, I hope you're keeping warm.

Here are some updates with specifics on songs we will use.

December 17, 1 p.m. - Library Literary
Meet at Presbyterian Church at 12:30 p.m.

• Sing We Now of Christmas
• Bethlehem
• Gloucestershire Wassail

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December 18, 1:30 p.m. - Museum Open House
Meet at Presbyterian Church at 12:30 p.m. Open House begins at 1 p.m. but we are scheduled to sing at 1:30 p.m.

• O Little Town
• God Rest You Merry
• Caroling, Caroling

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December 19, 5:30 p.m. - Practice
At the Lutheran Church

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December 22, 7:00 p.m. - Community Concert at Lutheran Church
Meet at Lutheran Church at 6:15 p.m.

• Sussex Carol
• In The Bleak Midwinter
• God Rest You Merry
• Sing We Now of Christmas
• Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined
• Bethlehem
• Give Peace (with audience)

Performance Dates

Performances 

We have the following performances this season. Updates will be posted as get them.

• Saturday, December 17 - 1:00 p.m. // Holiday Literary at the Petersburg Public Library
• Sunday, December 18 - 1:30 p.m. (?) // Clausen Museum Open House
• Thursday, December 22 - 7:00 p.m. // Community Winter Concert at Petersburg Lutheran Church
• December 23 or 24 - TBD // During Julebukking 

Practices Reminder and Notes

We will continue to meet for practices Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and Mondays at 5:30 p.m. However,

• No practice on Saturday, December 17
• Monday, December 19 practice TBD

Updates to Three Song Sheets

I uploaded new versions of

• Bethlehem
• God Rest You Merry
• Let All That are to Mirth Inclined

These versions have just the verses we are planning to use in-line with the music in SATB choral form, for hopefully easier reading and following.

All the sheet music is found here.

All(*) Song Accompaniments Available

All the song accompaniments are available except "Give Peace." It's pretty much infeasible to put up an accompaniment for that one due to the way it is performed (for those new, you will see what I mean when we practice).

Two specific notes:

• Sussex Carol is in its entirety with all the verses due to how verse 3 differs from the others.
• A Christmas Round is also in its entirety with the "round" included.

Practice Accompaniment Audio Files

I have the three new songs recorded and uploaded for your enjoyment and use. As was the case last year, there are five MP3s for each one and the part in "(__)" tells you what you are looking at.

• The (all) means all parts are at equal volume
• (S) means soprano part is emphasized
• (A) means alto    "    "
• (T) means tenor  "    "
• (B) means bass   "    "

The three songs are

• Bethlehem
• God Rest You Merry
• Let All That are to Mirth Inclined

Audio files can be found on Dropbox. -->  click here  <--

I'll be working to add remaining songs into this same location.

Preparing for 2016 Holiday Season

As the end of October approaches, it's once again time to prepare for caroling during the Christmas season. And that means getting music together and setting up practice times.

In order to facilitate the latter, I'm asking all who have an interest in being a part of this to respond to this survey. It will help determine when to set up practice times.