[Magdalen] Happy Christmas!

[Joseph Cirou]

Well, to my surprise, the pastor served the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil. It
is about 10 minutes longer than St. John Chrysostom.

I walked into church, and there was no chanter.

So I got vested and was joined by the Arabic chanter.

Our voices match well, so we had some good two part harmony.

So much for a day off from  musical responsibility.

When you can't find the Melkite Hymnal it is always good to have someone
who  knows the Arabic chant from childhood.

Listening to Morehouse/Spelman Christmas program. (The organist was my
table companion at one of our centennial events)

Joe


On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 11:44 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Merry Christmas from the Handsfield residence in Atlanta.
>
> Our Christmas is quiet.  We went to the afternoon celebration of the
> Nativity yesterday afternoon with a delightful children’s Christmas
> pageant.  The choir was mostly children who sang beautifully.
>
> Fixed chicken cacciatore for dinner then watched It’s A Wonderful Life
> until bedtime.
>
> This morning, minimal gifts - we really don’t need anything - followed by
> a big breakfast.  Dinner will be mostly traditional at 5:00 this afternoon.
>
> O come, let us adore him.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at icloud.com