The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Executive Director of Augusta Seth Young plays his guitar dressed as Santa Claus and is joined by Augusta Artistic Director Emily Miller on the violin during a Christmas Caroling event Tuesday night on Elm Street in Elkins. Some of the homes along the route treated spectators and carolers to drinks and snacks.
Editor’s note: The Inter-Mountain’s Comfort and Joy series will continue in each edition leading up to Christmas Eve.
ELKINS — Thanks to the Augusta Heritage Center, an old-fashioned tradition was brought back to our community Tuesday night in a historic neighborhood of Elkins.
Seth Young, executive director of Augusta, and Emily Miller, the artistic director for the organization, led a group of close to 70 residents down Elm Street for a caroling event that was enjoyed by dozens of residents.
“It was really touching and heartwarming to see everyone come together to celebrate the spirit of the season,” Young told The Inter-Mountain. “It was quite the turnout and everyone had a fantastic time.”
The evening started with a rehearsal on the campus of Davis & Elkins College, then the group started making its way down Elm Street at approximately 6 p.m. The group made four total stops on Elm Street, and along the way sang such classics as “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Jingle Bells,” “Here We Come a Wassailing,” “Silent Night,” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
“We had five songs that we worked up in the rehearsal and we sang about three per stop,” said Young. “As we got more and more comfortable with the songs, they became more and more fun to sing. When we did ‘Jingle Bells’ we had these bells we brought along and gave them to all the kids to play. They really loved it.”
As the group continued down Elm Street, the amount of carolers continued to grow, Young said.
“It was a snowball effect, because after each stop we kept picking up more and more people,” he said. “It was great. I saw a lot of people I haven’t seen in a long time. There were all kinds of members from our community that came together. It wasn’t like just one specific group, it was really like the whole town kind of turned out for it.”
Young said he couldn’t have been any happier about how the caroling event turned out.
“It went really well and to have around 70 participants come out is amazing,” he said. “Two of the stops on the route had awesome spreads of treats, candies, cookies and other items for everybody. It really was a fun night for everyone who participated.”
With the success of this year’s event, this new tradition may be around for many years to come.
“We view this as the first annual caroling event,” Young said. “It was a lot of fun and we will see where it can go from here. In future years we will probably be extending it into the downtown and adding on the festivities. Everyone seemed to have a good time and was already talking about how we do this again next year. So we will definitely be back and doing it again next holiday season.”
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