[Magdalen] Carols/music?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Some folks are not aware that carols have a history, and even the word
"carol" itself has a history. It's a strain, but if nobody tells them, they
will never know, will they?



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oh Noooooooo......
>
> > On Nov 11, 2017, at 3:30 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > It's all a melange to some congregations in the non-Anglican setting.  I
> remember being with
> > my family in NW Wisconsin for a Christmas Day worship service in the
> family Methodist
> > church.
> >
> > One of the local dentists was playing organ for the service.  He simply
> brought
> > into the church his own Hammond Organ (remember those?), since he was
> most comfortable
> > with it.  He began the prelude at the service start with a very jazzed
> up version of
> > "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."  I started to giggle
> uncontrollably,  which the jabs into
> > my ribcage via my Aunt Helen were finally able to stop before I caused a
> general stir.
> >
> > The rest of the Christmas worship went downhill from that memorable
> start.
> >
> > I was sore from repeated giggles by the time we got back home.  It was a
> mystery
> > to my family what was so funny.  The concluding "hymn" was "Rudolph the
> Red
> > Nosed Reindeer."
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/11/2017 2:23:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> mjl at ix.netcom.com writes:
> >
> >
> > it's obvious your congregation understands the difference. And I applaud
> your
>