I.T.A.S. G.Deledda: Christmas Carolers at School

As a follow-up of the Comenius meeting in Guadeloupe we have started this blog. We are part of a large “Comenius Family” whose members are Policka in Czech Republic, Neustadt in Germany, Bergen in Norway, Mikkeli in Finland, Tanum in Sweden, Pointe Noire in Guadaloupe-France, and our sister town, Salerno in Italy. The The main aim of this project is to really make our students part of a European Classroom through the use ICT-tools. In this way borders and distances disappear and communication becomes easier and more immediate. This blog is a new challenge and we are ready for it.

martedì 16 dicembre 2008

Christmas Carolers at School

Thursday 11 December 2008, a group of American singers from Frontier Bible College in Wyoming, came to our school to sing traditional Christmas songs called “Christmas Carols”. They were wearing traditional costumes from the era of Charles Dickens, who made caroling famous in his books. There were eight singers and they sang in four part harmony. They explained the history of “Christmas Caroling”, showing us examples of traditional songs: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”, an ancient gregorian song (XIII century) , “Angels We Have Heard On High”, a more recent carol and “I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day”, a song created from a poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Last of all, they sang two songs in Italian: “La Notte Splenderà” e “Gioia Cantiam”. We hope they will visit us again!