Ambassadors Attend High School Winter Concert
In our resolve to be more active in our own community, the Ambassadors attended William Penn Charter School’s Upper School Winter Concert.
Many of Redeemer’s young people are alums of Penn Charter so we are very familiar with the school. A few years ago, the concerts would have seemed crowded as they were held in the Quaker Meeting Room. But recently, Penn Charter built a luxurious auditorium — a real asset to East Falls. The venue now has plenty of room for neighborhood people. We hope over time that the neighbors take advantage of the cultural offerings of the school.
They call it the Winter Concert, because that’s what we do these days, but it had a nice selection of Christmas choral music and one upbeat number celebrating Hanukkah. It had a couple of raplike verses but the only word I could understand was the word repeated throughout the chorus, Miracles, which is what Hanukkah is all about. Two Grinch numbers. He is almost replacing Santa in our culture.
We did not join the traditional closing, where all are invited on stage to sing the Hallelujah Chorus along with the youth. Next year!
We firmly believe that if neighborhood churches expect people to come to them, we must go to neighborhood events.
Redeemer was there. And we had fun!