- Date
- 1996-12-13
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community Center
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitymusic-folklorereligionheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On December 13, 1996, about 30 Beaver Islanders gathered at the Community House for an evening of Christmas caroling. They sang through the village and ended at the Convent with cocoa and cookies, creating a community holiday tradition the organizer hoped to repeat.
Evidence limits
This is an organizer’s account of a community event, not a complete attendance list or institutional program record.
Sources
- Reports approximately 30 islanders of all ages gathering at the Community House on December 13, caroling through the village, and finishing with cocoa and cookies at the Convent. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the community caroling report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Thirty Beaver Islanders begin a Community House caroling tradition on December 13, 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-caroling-community-house-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1997, “There we went a-caroling...” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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