Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Silent Night - Audience did not remain ‘Silent’
For some reason, I think there's going to be more of this...
Jennifer Moody reports at DemocratHerald.com:
"'Silent Night' was not on the program at Pioneer School’s concert Tuesday, but it was sung anyway — by the audience after the kids were done.
Shortly after the children started rehearsals this fall, Principal Mark Finch had scratched the number after a parent complained that the carol’s emphasis was 'too single-religion.'
Superintendent Rob Hess, in attendance Tuesday, said he didn’t see who started the carol but thought approximately 100 of the more than 700 people in the audience joined in.
Sam Long, a Pioneer volunteer and the grandmother of a Pioneer student, said the only reaction following the song was applause and cheers."
