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Christmas concert happens despite long delays
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
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Folks in Huron County have
learned to deal with the vagaries of
winter weather by staying off the
roads, working from home or
rescheduling events, etc. The
Christmas concert at Hullett Central
Public School was a victim of that
nasty week of winter before the
Christmas break.
The dress rehearsal had to be
moved from Monday, Dec. 12 to
Tuesday because of a snow day. The
day -time concert on Dec. 15 was a
go, but by then the weather was
deteriorating and the evening
performance was cancelled. Finally,
by the following Monday evening
the last performance was presented.
However, changes in scheduling
meant many pupils involved
couldn't be present. It was an
interesting evening of music.
Friends and relatives who gathered
that night got a chance before the
concert to admire the drawings on
the gym walls done by the Grade 8
students and enjoyed warm-up
numbers by the band. The band,
pupils in Grades 7 and 8, opened the
concert with two Christmas
numbers, "Blue Note Rock" and
"Christmas Elves". This group has
been playing instruments since
Grade 5 and their confidence was
evident. They also incorporated
extras like spoken lines, sticks and
whistles.
Then, out came Kindergarten A
wearing their reindeer headbands to
sing "No More Reindeer Jumping in
the Snow". Seems the reindeer were
getting hurt and Santa needed to be
sure he had enough to pull his sleigh.
This class was joined by
Kindergarten B wearing headbands
with holly leaves to sing "Jingle
Bells". And, of course, they all had
bells to shake. Exit Kindergarten A
and the Kindergarten B class offered
their song, "Ring Those Bells".
This age group brings the most
smiles to the audience, for some are
so very shy while others find
familiar faces and wave, not the least
intimidated.
Music teacher Sue Barnett has
Epiphany lesson hidden in plain sight
As it was Epiphany Sunday at
Londesborough United Church Rev.
Fletcher talked in his children's story
about the visit of the Magi to the
Baby Jesus. The Wise Men arrived
twelve days after the birth and Terry
thought perhaps they got distracted
about getting to Bethlehem.
He had hidden, in plain sight,
three figurines of the Wise Men for
the children to find. Terry supposed,
like us, the men may have been
distracted by their ordinary lives —
checking out Christmas sales,
watching their new Netflix or
planning parties. He urged everyone
to remember the real reason for this
church season.
As the new year began on a bright
and sunny Sunday, congregants may
have felt it was a great way to set the
tone for the year.
The title of Rev. Fletcher's
message to the adults was "Who
Fun in the sun (and snow)
The weather could not have been better for the Blyth 140th Committee's levee celebration on
Jan. 1. The event included dog sled demonstrations, children's games, music, snacks and
plenty of opportunities to play in the snow, as demonstrated by Blyth's Georgia Gusso. (Shawn
Loughlin photo)
Joint Christmas service held
The story of the first Christmas is
heard with interest every Christmas
Eve by Christians around the world.
At Londesborough United Church it
was recounted this year through the
reading of scripture passages and the
singing of carols.
Christ's birth was foretold 700
years before His birth in Micah 5:2
and Isaiah 9: 2,6 and 7. The first two
chapters of the Gospel of Luke tell of
the events in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:
1-12 recounts the visit by the Magi.
Rev. Fletcher lit the Christ Candle
in the centre of the Advent wreath
and then lit the encircling candles of
hope, peace, joy and love. Flowers
on the memorial table were placed in
memory of Tom Duizer by his
family.
The senior choir added a special
touch to the service by offering three
Christmas numbers. "Light the
Candle, Mary" and "Christmas
Grace" were sung by the whole
choir. The ladies of the choir joined
to sing "Little Star Shining Bright"
with a solo by Marjorie Duizer. Prior
to the service and during the
receiving of the offering,
congregants enjoyed duets with
Barb Bosman playing the organ and
Marsha Szusz playing the piano.
The pair accompanied the hymns as
well.
This was a joint service of
Londesborough United and Knox
United of Auburn and it was thrilling
to have a full house.
Lyons family faces tough time
Has anyone else noticed the
potholes in the asphalt in the middle
of the bridge that have just been
repaired? All summer long, one spot
kept breaking away and someone
would come along and fill it in. Then
when the bridge work was on going
I rather hoped the spot would be
permanently fixed. Now there are
two holes and getting larger. Where
does the patch material go?
The community hall is always
busy at this time of year with family
Christmas parties. But on the
evening of Dec. 16 there was a
different sort of party there. Tim
Varey and Michelle Cain, who live
in the former Overboe house, got
married and held their reception
there. Nice Christmas gift to
each other, right? Congratulations
and best wishes from the
community.
Many of you knew that in
November John Lyons spent a
couple of weeks at Parkwood
Hospital in London learning to adapt
to life with only one leg. He was
only home in Londesborough a few
days when he developed an infection
in the other leg. Since then he has
lost that leg as well below the knee
and is currently recovering in
Seaforth hospital. Both he and Helen
could surely benefit from your
concern and prayers.
Noticed?" Although the birth of the
Messiah had been well documented
and predicted in Isaiah, Micah,
Jeremiah, Numbers and the Jewish
calendar, the event went virtually
unnoticed by the general
population.The prophesy had been
well documented but the new family
were living quietly.
Moreover, the Jewish leaders of
the time were not focused on the
prediction and were dealing with a
cruel leader in Herod. Historians and
the Jewish leaders were looking for
an adult King to lead the people, not
a child who would be a faith leader.
Could we, too, be missing great
events and ignoring predictions in
today's world? Terry urged everyone
to be open to God's word and
promise to us as we search for the
true meaning of the season.
Supporting scripture passages for
the service were Isaiah 60: 1-6;
Matt. 2: 1-12 and Psalm 148.
Londesborough UCW will hold
their January meeting on the Jan. 16.
The official board will meet on
Tuesday, Jan. 24 beginning at 7:30
p.m.
Anyone wishing to take
Confirmation classes should contact
Rev. Fletcher.
introduced the senior pupils to the
latest fad, drumming. Using
drumsticks and empty Chapman's
ice cream buckets, the young folks
learned to read music of a sort,
rhythm and staying with the
accompaniment. Grade 8 students
played "Frosty Buckets",Grade 7
drummed to "Jingle Bell Rock" and
Grade 6 offered "Little Bucket
Drummer Boy".
The Grade 4/5 class played "Jingle
Bells" and a two-part "Jolly Old St.
Nicholas" on recorders. This would
be their first year with this simple
instrument. And not to be outdone
with unusual instruments, two
groups of girls from the Grade 5/6
classroom did musical routines
using pieces of doweling. A most
interesting part of the concert.
Well done, students of all ages.
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