Carol Practice

The girls will be playing roles in our church's annual Christmas Eve pageant, and this year, all Sunday School children will be performing some carols in addition to acting out the pageant.  Because some of the carols will have verses in Greek, we decided to start practicing today so we have time to really learn them. 

"Joy to the World" was a breeze because the girls already know the tune, and they were able to read the words easily, as this carol will be sung only in English:




However, some of the other carols with Greek verses were more challenging.  Madeleine decided to opt out of singing any Greek, because: "Well MAMA!   I was TRYING to read the Greek words, but you were going through the song TOO fast!"  Luckily, she was a good sport about listening to Julia and I sing the Greek so that she can start to learn the words by ear.  Other carols were tricky simply because the girls hadn't heard them before, so we had to work on the melody as well as words.  Aside from "Joy to the World," we had success with "Silent Night," although Madeleine did not partake in the two Greek verses.  As I made a photocopy for her so that I could play off of one copy and give her one to read from, she requested, "Oh, and Mama?  Can you print the words ENGLISHLY?"

I was not able to print the Greek words Englishly, but I totally came through on printing the English verses Englishly.  At least I was able to meet her halfway.