Monday, December 20, 2010

Christmas Spirit

The entertainment this weekend was intensely Christmas-focused, with Handel's Messiah on Friday at Lincoln Center, Balanchine's Nutcracker on Saturday (also at Lincoln Center), and the annual FAPC Cider Sing on Sunday. Fabulosity!

At the cider sing, our director wanted us to alternate sacred and secular songs, but we didn't have quite the hoped-for selection of secular songs in our packet. So we added in two from memory: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (very successful! many of us know all the interjections as well!) and Frosty the Snowman (we mumbled our way through the chorus and the first verse). We'll rectify that next year. The crowds were smaller than in previous years, but no less appreciative. And it was nice having Nathan right in front with his amazing voice to guide us and wow the passers-by.

In any event, the NEXT/Family Ministries cider sing was my third caroling event of the season - and as always my favorite. We celebrated with burritos afterward.

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