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| 18. [8:39 PM] _Christmas in the Camp_, by Harrington and Scott | 18. [8:39 PM] _Christmas in the Camp_, by Harrington and Scott | ||
| 19. [8:39 PM] _We Wish You a Merry Christmas_, (English traditional carol) | 19. [8:39 PM] _We Wish You a Merry Christmas_, (English traditional carol) | ||
| - | 20. [8:40 PM] _Die Wacht am Rhein (1840), by Karl Wilhelm (1815–1873) | + | 20. [8:40 PM] _Die Wacht am Rhein_ |
| 21. [8:41 PM] _Christmas Day in the Cookhouse_, (English traditional) ¢ | 21. [8:41 PM] _Christmas Day in the Cookhouse_, (English traditional) ¢ | ||
| 22. [8:42 PM] _O Tannenbaum_, | 22. [8:42 PM] _O Tannenbaum_, | ||
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| Because the songs were not always distinctly demarked, and sometimes the stops and starts were obscured by the readings, tonight' | Because the songs were not always distinctly demarked, and sometimes the stops and starts were obscured by the readings, tonight' | ||
| - | < | + | As in past visits, Candid Pitt together a highly structured program, in this case augmented by three actors who read from a selection of letters and diary entries from soldiers of both sides in the first World War. While the readings were quite interesting, |
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| + | In any case, it was a moving event, both for reminding us of the terrible horror of that war, and for bringing a remembrance of the first Christmas of that event, when the soldiers and enlisted men exchanged greetings and gifts of brotherhood in celebration of Christian tradition before being coerced back to the ordinary business of killing enforced by the officers running the war effort. | ||
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| + | Way cool! | ||
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| + | My only quibble was the use of a pre-recorded part for the bugle call at the end ... was it really too difficult to find a live musician to produce that part? I would have preferred to hear that call from a performer blowing in the choir, or at the back of the hall instead of over the PA, but my guess is that the cost of including another member on tour was too high. Sigh. Budgetary realism is nearly always the enemy of artistic expression! | ||
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