Saturday was another day for Christmas outings. In order to make a profit during the winter period, ahem, I mean in order to spread Christmas spirit and Charity, one of the ferry companies in Seattle host a Christmas Ship. They have musicians and a dinner on board and sale around the many lakes in Seattle. The just run a couple of times, they do this basically everyday through the whole festive period, granted Seattle has a lot of water, and they call in at different beaches and broadcast the music for the assembled crowds. The park department sets up bonfires and the local community groups usually rustle up cookies and hot chocolate. People with boats, from canoes to yachts, follow behind the Christmas ship sporting Christmas lights. I went along to a local(ish) beach as they aren't visiting my local park till after I leave. It was a mild night so pleasant to sit and listen to the SATB choir on board (that's a Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass or high and low women and high and low men choir). The choir sung for about 20mins and were very good. Here are the not completely fuzzy photos and at the end a few videos (apologies for the background noise), I hope they play for you!
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| Our first decorated boat, spotted on the way to the beach. |
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| The Christmas ship itself |
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| The bonfire |
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| Some of the ships who were tagging along |
This video is "Caroling Caroling"
These two are "The little drummer boy" which was my favourite due to the rhythmic men's part.
This one is "Good King Wenceslas"
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