The Treble Choir sang three numbers: Sing Alleluia, Allelu -- Mary Goetz The Christmas Star -- K. Rhodes & Savigar// arr. Lojeski, soloists: Briana Ales, Jasmine Chandler, Abby Peterson, Coraline Brown & Amanda Lee Various Themes on "Fa-la-la" -- C. Bridwell As usual Treble Choir was one of the high points of the evening. Like … Continue reading Treble Choir
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God Rest the Restroom Door
Men's Choir did two songs that I recognized as regular, but welcome, fare from previous years. Of course, it was the same song with different lyrics. They did three songs total: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- E Campbell Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening -- R. Thompson The Restroom Door -- Unknown This … Continue reading God Rest the Restroom Door
Rockin’ and Sweet Singin’
The Women's Chorus did three songs: Mary, Mary -- by M. Donnelly/G. Strid Sweet Singing in the Choir -- Medly/ arr. E. Crocker All Alone Beneath the Mistletoe -- J. Althouse The first number pulled the audience into it as the chorus itself showed the energy and enthusiasm that the song deserves. The second number … Continue reading Rockin’ and Sweet Singin’
Walking in the Air
The Freshman Choir sang three songs at Thursday's concert: Ding Dong -- French carol arranged by G. Poore In December -- by J. Althouse Walking in the Air -- H. Blake The song Ding Dong is an arrangement of Ding Dong Merrily on High. It starts with a very nice ding dong pealing before getting into … Continue reading Walking in the Air
An (a capella) White Christmas
And now, back to more high school music video. No, not High School Musical, but North Kansas City High School vocal concert. Here is the 2015 Winter Concert series. My first post is of the A Capella Choir. They performed two songs: Personent by V. Sigh White Christmas by I. Berlin and R. Ringwald The … Continue reading An (a capella) White Christmas
Christmas Movies
Everyone has their own opinion of what makes a great Christmas Movie. Yesterday I put up a teaser for one of my favorites. Today I publish the list of movies put forth by my family -- in no specific order. My free-form plan is to do reviews/commentaries on some of these films between now and … Continue reading Christmas Movies
A Google Fiber Birthday/Christmas
Friday was the 50th anniversary of Betsy's birth, so we filled the day with festivities, many of the free, to celebrate together. The day began with dropping the daughter off for the work shift at TJ Maxx, followed by a walking tour of Sam's Club in Liberty. Being business members, we get in early, … Continue reading A Google Fiber Birthday/Christmas
A Blast of the Past #23: Christmas 1998
Browsing through the pictures this way often allows us to date memories that we have. From the pictures I can see that Christmas 1998 was a significant year for memorable objects. It was the year the letter trains. We gave both our daughter and her cousin trains that had cars made of letters that spelled … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #23: Christmas 1998
Here we come a caroling
For Christmas, I choose to put together another sound bite compilation, this time of some seasonal sounds to soothe and encourage. Let me start with this French Provincial carol, a song of announcement and declaration: Masters in this Hall: This next piece is Deck The Halls, as done by the AUMC Mid-High chime choir. Follow … Continue reading Here we come a caroling
Santa’s arrival at Bass Pro opens the Christmas season
The Christmas season began, officially for me, today, with Santa's arrival at Bass Pro. This year, as for the past several, I helped to welcome Santa as a member of Carolers of Note, the premiere professional caroling group in Kansas City. We sang carols for those waiting for Santa from 4-5 p.m. -- taking requests … Continue reading Santa’s arrival at Bass Pro opens the Christmas season
