“All is Calm, All is Bright” Concert

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Dates:	Sat from 12/13/14 - 12/13/14
Hours:	8pm to 9:30pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

On Christmas Eve of 1914, soldiers serving in Flanders were dug into their opposing trenches within shouting distance of their enemies.

Spontaneously, in intermittent stretches along the line, the German soldiers began to raise small lighted trees atop their trenches and sing Christmas carols.

English soldiers responded by singing carols of their own.

The event lasted all through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

There were accounts of gifts exchanged and an impromptu soccer match.

Under the direction of Margo Euler of Hingham, the Unicorn Singers and Broad Cove Corale Chorus will present musical selections highlighting the poignant and fleeting moments of the Truce which resonated for many and served as a powerful beacon of light and human kindness in an otherwise horrific conflict.

Michael Theobald of Milton will deliver the narration and the audience is invited to sing the same carols soldiers exchanged 100 years ago.

The concert will take place at St.

Michael’s on Saturday, December 13, at 8pm and is open to the public.

Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased on St.

Michael’s website www.stmichaelsmilton.org or by calling the church office at 617-698-1813.

St.

Michael’s is located at 112 Randolph Ave.

in Milton and is handicapped accessible.

The concert at St.

Michael’s is one of three “All is Calm, All is Bright,” concerts to be performed in the Boston/South Shore area this holiday season.

Proceeds from the concerts will benefit the Wellspring Multiservice Center in Hull, MA which provides support and skills to people facing challenges to their financial, physical or emotional well-being in order to help them achieve independence and self-sufficiency.

For more information on Wellspring Multiservice Center visit www.wellspringhull.org.

For tickets to the Hingham and Cohasset performances contact Kathy Reardon at [email protected].

COST

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$20/ticket

WEBSITE

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stmichaelsmilton.org/calendar/all-is-calm-all-is-bright/

LOCATION

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112 Randolph Ave., Milton, MA, 02186 map
Phone: ((617) 698-1813

St. Michael's is located at 112 Randolph Ave. in Milton, MA and is handicapped accessible. To take the MBTA, take the Red Line to Ashmont and the Mattapan Trolley to Milton Hill. Walk 2-blocks uphill on Adams Street and one block down Randolph Avenue. St. Michael's is on the left at the next block.