{"id":3483,"date":"2011-12-16T10:57:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T09:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2011-12-16T10:57:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T09:57:44","slug":"final-festivities-of-the-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2011\/12\/16\/final-festivities-of-the-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Final festivities of the term"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final few festivities (too much alliteration ?) to mark the end of the term saw members of the University community in fine form, with ‘Carols Round The Tree’ on Wednesday night bringing staff, students, visitors and friends together on a brisk December night.<\/p>\n

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Brass cheek: the University Brass Ensemble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University Brass Ensemble braved the temperature to provide some robust playing whilst accompanying singers in a variety of traditional favourites. The student group ‘Sing!’ and the Chamber Choir joined in with a couple of carols as well.<\/p>\n

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Their Joyful Tone: Chamber Choir, cond. Steph Richardson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An all-male barbershop quartet, distilled from members of the Chamber Choir, proivded lunchtime entertainment in Rutherford College on Thursday for the annual Former Staff Association Christmas lunch.<\/p>\n

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A cut above: carols with the barbershop group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As usual, it’s been a lively end to the Christmas term: thanks to everyone involved, to Kent Hospitality and the Estates Team for their support (and roast chestnuts and mulled wine!) on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n