Sing Noel: A Christmas Fanfare (Arr. Jay Althouse)

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Joy To The World (Arr. David Overton)

In the bleak mid-winter (Gustav Holst)

1

In the bleak mid-winter

Frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron,

Water like a stone;

Snow had fallen, snow on snow,

Snow on snow,

In the bleak mid-winter

Long ago.

3

Enough for him, whom cherubim

Worship night and day,

A breastful of milk

And a mangerful of hay;

Enough for him, whom angels

Fall down before,

The ox and ass and camel

Which adore.

2

Our God, Heav’n cannot hold him

Nor earth sustain;

Heav’n and earth shall flee away

When he comes to reign:

In the bleak mid-winter

A stable place sufficed

The Lord God Almighty

Jesus Christ.

4

What can I give him,

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

I would bring a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man

I would do my part,

Yet what I can I give him,

Give my heart.

The Wild Wood Carol

Soloists: Sue Fairbairn, John Newton, Debbie Edwards

A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)

Soloist: Richard Thomas

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Blessed Be That Maid Mairie (Arr. Charles Wood)

Past Three A Clock (Arr. John Rutter)

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Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber (Arr. David Willcocks)

Chorale (Benjamin Britten)

African Noel (Ronald Kauffmann)

Djembe:  Peter Walker

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Sleigh Ride (Arr. Chris Richardson)

INTERVAL

Merry Christmas Everybody (Neville Holder & James Lea)

So here it is Merry Christmas

Everybody’s having fun

Look to the future now

It’s only just begun

Come, Colours Rise (Grant MacLachlan)

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The Holly and the Ivy (John Gardner)

The rising of the sun,

And the running of the deer,

The playing of the merry organ,

Sweet singing in the choir

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An Olde Rhyme (Peter Gretton)

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Silent Night (Arr. Rhonda L. Polay)

Soloist: Karen Benny

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This little Babe (Benjamin Britten)

Deo Gracias (Benjamin Britten)

White Christmas (Arr. Hector MacCarthy)

Shine on Little Rudolph (Chris Richardson)

Soloist: Kath Cooke

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Halleluia (Arranged and re-arranged)

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The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Leon Young)

On the first day …a partridge in a pear tree

Two turtle doves

Three French hens

Four calling birds

Five gold rings

Six geese a-laying

Seven swans a-swimming

Eight maids a-milking

Nine ladies dancing

Ten Lords a-leaping

Eleven pipers piping

Twelve drummers drumming