Another annual holiday treat in Morristown is the Christmas Singers, a quartet led by June Van Thoen, music director at the United Methodist Church.
And a highlight of these lunchtime concerts is The Twelve Days After Christmas, a wicked sendup of that other song with the partridge in the pear tree.
We include it here for your enjoyment, with a couple of other selections that show off the vocal talents of June, Patricia Ruggles, Wayne Walters and a new addition this year, Darren O’Neill, who also is a gifted classical guitarist. Anita Gordon holds it all together on piano.
The yearly concert is a memorial to Jackie Wiley, a late member of the church. It is endowed by author and historian John Cunningham.
The Twelve Days After Christmas performed by the Christmas Singers
[audio:https://morristowngreen.com/files/2010/12/Twelve-Days-After-Xmas.mp3|titles=Twelve Days After Xmas]Silent Night performed by the Christmas Singers
[audio:https://morristowngreen.com/files/2010/12/Silent-Night.mp3|titles=Silent Night]Jingle Bells performed by the Christmas Singers
[audio:https://morristowngreen.com/files/2010/12/jingle-bells.mp3|titles=jingle bells]
MORE HOLIDAY MUSIC AND VIDEO:
Video: Sights and sounds of the season from MorristownGreen.com
From Morristown’s United Methodist Church: The 12 Days AFTER Christmas
A Celtic Christmas: Music from Morristown’s Presbyterian Church
Holiday music: Jackson Borges of Morristown’s Methodist Church and ‘Joy to the World’
Audio: John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas’ from Rex Fowler and the Nu-Utopians
