Julian Koster and his Singing Saw announce 2009 Holiday Cheer Caroling dates!
November 16, 2009 by greg
Filed under Featured Tunes, Tunes
It’s caroling time again! Julian Koster and his Singing Saw will come to your house to bring songs, stories, and good cheer to you and your friends – all you have to do is invite them!
Julian introduced the world to the wonderful holiday traditions of his friends, The Singing Saws, last year with The Singing Saw at Christmastime. This bizarre and beautiful album and it’s accompanying glimpse into Julian’s vivid imagination has become an instant holiday classic. If you have not yet heard The Singing Saw at Christmastime, please let me know. A video of Julian and his Saw playing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and a downloadable MP3 can be found here.
You may invite the carolers to visit your house by emailing musictapescaroling@gmail.com or by mailing a handwritten letter to 450 N. Harris St. Athens, GA 30601 (due to time constraints, please send an email to let the “caroling ambassador” know you are sending a letter). Be sure to include an email address or telephone number for reply. Invitations where the hosts indicate that they would be willing to entertain outside guests on caroling night are preferred. Please note your permission to invite others from the area to your house and whether you can offer the carolers a place to sleep in your letter or email.
Once the limit on houses on a given night has been reached, the address of each house that will welcome guests will be distributed via email to all who email musictapescaroling@gmail.com and ask to attend. The addresses of the houses will not be posted online.
Proposed Path:
December 7th, 8th, 9th: Georgia, Tennessee, Indiana & Lower Half of Illinois
December 10th, 11th, 12th: Chicago, Illinois, Michigan
December 13th, 14th, 15th: Ohio, Pittsburgh, Western NY
December 16th, 17th, 18th: Upstate NY, New England (CT, RI, VT etc)
December 19th, 20th, 21st: Philadelphia, NYC, Baltimore, DC, Chapel Hill
This post was submitted by greg.
Michelle on Tue, 17th Nov 2009 9:53 am
While I wouldn’t want anybody wielding a saw to come to my house… I did buy a gorgeous Christmas CD from the ‘Saw Lady’ (http://www.sawlady.com )in the NYC subway. And if a singing saw is not enough – she also plays tuned cowbells (check out her ‘Jingle cowbells’ track on her website).
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