Hark, the Island Community Chorus Sings
Director Peter Boak leads chorus merrily on high.
Director Peter Boak leads chorus merrily on high.
Sopranos and altos raise their voices and have fum, fum, fum.
Sopranos and altos raise their voices and have fum, fum, fum.
Pianist L. Garrett Brown tingles the ivorys and jingles the bells.
Pianist L. Garrett Brown tingles the ivorys and jingles the bells.
Halls were decked with boughs of holly at Old Whailng Church.
Halls were decked with boughs of holly at Old Whailng Church.
Michael Hurley and daughter Rita, age 3, come a-caroling.
Michael Hurley and daughter Rita, age 3, come a-caroling.
Island Community Chorus proclaims Christmas Time Is Here.
Island Community Chorus proclaims Christmas Time Is Here.
Ding! Dong! audience rejoices merrily on high.
Ding! Dong! audience rejoices merrily on high.
Afterward, audience goes a-wassailing.
Afterward, audience goes a-wassailing.
The Island Community Chorus are teachers, plumbers, bankers, artists, fishermen, scallopers, shopkeepers, retirees and twenty-somethings. And while all of these roles are important, over the weekend the key characteristic that binds this seemingly disparate group is that they sing. The Old Whaling Church in Edgartown was filled Saturday and Sunday for their annual holiday concert and the Christmas season officially began.