HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-12-08, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2011.
The young folk of Londesborough
United Church led the service on
Dec. 4. They presented their annual
White Gift Service. All aspects of
the service, from greeting and
ushering, lighting the Advent
candle, the candle of peace, to
reading the story and acting the
parts to offering music selections
were handled capably by the
members of the Sunday school. The
prelude to the service by Barb was
Christmas music.
Six young boys chorally offered a
“Welcome, Welcome, Welcome”
that reminded all to offer praise to
God for all that He has done. Nicole
Whyte, in her sweet young voice,
sang “Somewhere a Child Is
Sleeping,” accompanied by Barb
Bosman. During the receiving of the
offering Mary Kate Allen and Barb
Bosman played piano duets,
“Silent Night” and “What Child Is
This?”
The pageant itself was called “A
Cue Card Christmas” for as the
Christmas story, the events
surrounding the birth of Christ, was
told in song, scripture story and role
playing, the congregation
participated when the cue cards
indicated. It was a re-telling
of the story as found in
the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
written by Gary Clark and adapted
by the teachers of Londesborough’s
Sunday School.
The white gifts offered by
congregants that morning will
be given to the Huron County
Christmas Bureau along with the
items from the mitten tree.
Barb Bosman is still looking for
acts for the church Christmas
Concert to take place on
Friday, Dec. 16. Isn’t there
something you might be a part of
that evening? She is accepting
solos and other musical
numbers, dance numbers,
recitations, etc.
Londesborough United service
taken over by Sunday school
Ladies of the Londesborough
United Church served Christmas
dinner to the Londesborough Happy
Gang Seniors and other invited
seniors from the community at the
Londesborough Community Hall on
Wednesday, Nov. 30.
The gathering was entertained by
a musical group from the Wingham
area. The group accompanied
themselves on a variety of
instruments as they offered both
religious and secular Christmas
numbers.
There were four door prizes that
afternoon. Florence Snell has a
handsome new handmade pen by
Milt Dale with which to write her
Christmas cards. Geraldine Dale has
a warm afghan to snuggle under this
winter made by Marie Krauter. The
birdfeeder donated by Josephine
MacGregor will keep the birds in
Roy Krauter’s yard happy. One of
the women in the singing group,
Mrs. McMichael, has a poinsettia
donated by the Happy Gang Seniors
to decorate her home for the season.
Everyone took home some small
item from those donated by the
regular Happy Gang members.
The seniors group will not have
another regular meeting until Jan.
25. Their regular monthly card
party will take place this Friday,
Dec. 9.
Seniors group enjoys
meal by church ladies
Hard work
For his exceptional effort in the face of a disaster, Goderich Fire Captain Jon Dobie was
named firefighter of the year for Huron County for his work in the hours immediately after the
Aug. 21 tornado in Goderich. The annual emergency service awards were handed out on Nov.
30 in Clinton. From left: Central Huron Fire Chief Steve Cooke, Huron East Fire Chief and
CEMC Marty Bedard, Goderich Fire Chief Steve Gardiner, Dobie, Warden Neil Vincent, Chief
Administrative Officer Larry Adams and Sarah Ross from Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson’s
office. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Festival Singersperform in Clinton
It is such a busy time of year and
it is impossible to attend all the
special events that are happening
this month. Consequently many of
you may have missed “A Yuletide
Garland” presented by the Blyth
Festival Singers last Sunday, Dec. 4
at the Clinton United Church.
A Christmas concert is always
part of the choir calendar every year.
And we ask other musicians to help
us make the concert a memorable
experience. So, although it was a
damp and dreary day outside, inside
the church there was warm and
cheerful Christmas music preparing
hearts for this season of hope,
peace, joy and love.
The choir is directed and
organized by Robert Blackwell of
Goderich and accompanied this year
by Laura McAlpine of Lions Head.
The Blyth Festival Orchestra was
featured in this year’s concert and
delighted the audience with
“Winter” from (Four Seasons) by
Antonio Vivaldi. Andrea Barstad
soloed in this summer. In the second
half of the program the orchestra
chose a “Serenade for String
Orchestra, Op 48” by Tchaikovsky.
The orchestra is conducted by Sean
Kim.
It was a treat for the choir to have
the orchestra join them in presenting
“In the Bleak Midwinter” and
“Wonderful Peace”.
Jan Searle, flautist, and Josh
House, guitarist, were part of the
French carol sung by the choir, “The
Sleep of the Infant Jesus”. Colleen
Maguire of Goderich played
handbells in the choir’s number,
“Bell Carol”. Three members of the
choir sang solo parts during the
afternoon program, Jill Beardsley,
Vicki Gerth and Casey Van Bakel.
The second half of the program
featured lighter fare and ended with
“The Very Best Time of Year” and
“Go Tell It on the Mountain”.
Also taking part in the program
was Eric Coates, artistic director of
the Blyth Festival. He offered
Christmas readings, one the story of
a Christmas tree from years past and
another was a selection from
Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.
If you missed this wonderful
concert you can hear the choir again
on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2:30 p.m. at
Knox Church in Goderich. They
will sing a shorter selection of
numbers as will That Other Choir
based in Clinton. The Blyth Festival
Orchestra will also be performing.
This afternoon of music is a free
will offering event to
benefit the Goderich Disaster Relief
Fund.
By BRENDA
RADFORD
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PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
Blyth play ‘interesting’,
features local talent
With events of the season in mind,
I hope some of you had a chance to
attend The Best Present Of All
presented at the Blyth Festival last
weekend. It was an interesting little
Christmas play directed by Blyth’s
Duncan MacGregor. Actors from the
area very capably presented this
message of Christmas. All proceeds
from the performances benefitted
the Goderich Disaster Relief Fund.
The play appealed to all ages. The
young man who went with me was
intrigued by the Christmas spirit and
enjoyed the adventures of the two
young actors.
Christmas quote for this week is
from Norman Vincent Peale.
“Christmas waves a magic wand
over this world, and behold,
everything is softer and more
beautiful.”
This week’s trivia - Hallmark
introduced its first Christmas cards
in 1915, five years after the founding
of the company.
The Christmas songs worrying
you all week: O, small Israel urban
centre is the carol, “O Little Town of
Bethlehem”; and Our fervent hope is
that you thoroughly enjoy your
yuletide season is “We Wish You a
Merry Christmas”.
This week’s puzzlers are: The lad
is a diminutive percussionist; and
Far off in a haybin.
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Read
Rhea Hamilton Seeger’s
Gardening column
on the
Huron Home and
Garden Guide
section of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca