2004 Christmas

Dave Goss in the role of Santa at St, George’s in 2004. This was a complete surprise opening to the Christmas Concert, and Norm Toole, director at the time knew nothing about it as he gave the downbeat to the first number, Santa came out from the vestry room and he nearly fell of the podium in surprise as the members broke into “We wish you a merry Christmas”, which wasn’t the opening number at all, Norm was not pleased, and I might say, if it happened now, Christopher would not be either. However, the audience loved it.

The second 2004 picture below is a gathering at the home of Heather and Francis De Grace, where Christmas and year end parties were held for several years when the organization was new in the late nineties up till about 2004. The people are David Arsenault, Ruth Rayburn Arsenault ( the Choristers sang at their wedding) Santa who was David Hatfield, who was not a member but a friend of Heather and Francis, and Doreen Woodruff, and finally director Norm Toole.