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Beaver Island Christmas Cantata reaches its eleventh annual performance

Also Beaver Island Christmas Cantata eleventh annual 2011

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Date2011-12-04
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The January 2012 Beaver Beacon reviews the eleventh annual Beaver Island Christmas Cantata, held at the Christian Church on the first Sunday of December 2011. It reports 22 singers, readings, instrumental and solo performances, and an audience of about 90.

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The retrospective review does not provide a complete program or independent attendance record.

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  1. Beaver Island News on the Net posted a complete video of the performance, and a later Cantata participant thanked the community and called the production a continuing local tradition. The thread records community response and preservation of a video link, not an independent performance review or attendance count.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004366
  2. A participant offered locally made copies of the Cantata video for the cost of discs and cases. This documents informal community circulation, not a rights-cleared publication or commercial release.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004432
  3. The organizer announced the eleventh annual Cantata for December 4 at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church and posted a reminder. The January newspaper review remains the stronger source for the reported performance details and approximate audience.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004328
  4. The organizer announced the first October 9 rehearsal and December 3–4 cantata dates, then reminded singers to attend. This establishes the planning timeline, while the January Beacon supplies the completed-performance account.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004142
  5. Beaver Beacon, January 2012, "The Cantata Turns 11."
    Reports 22 singers, readings, instrumental numbers, soloists, Kathy Speck's orchestration, and an audience of about 90 at the Christian Church. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-01_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held January issue scan confirms the cantata report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Christmas Cantata reaches its eleventh annual performance”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-cantata-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “2011 Cantata Video Available,” December 5–11, 2011. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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