Name: Beaver Island Christmas caroling, 1971
Start: 1970-12-22
End: 1970-12-22
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1970-12-22
Kind: Performance
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitymusic-folklorereligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Six carloads of young people and a few adults went Christmas caroling around Beaver Island on December 22, 1970. The evening ended at Circle M Lodge with hot chocolate, cookies, and candy for the singers.

Evidence and limits

The report appears in the January 1971 issue and describes the preceding December event. It gives no route, repertoire, or complete participant list.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Christmas Caroling.”
Reports six carloads of young people and a few adults caroling on December 22, ending at Circle M Lodge with hot chocolate, cookies, and candy; it does not list the route or singers.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Christmas caroling, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-caroling-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Christmas Caroling.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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