The Thomas Hardye School

CAROL SERVICE

Thursday 15th December 2011

Welcome - Mr Michael Foley (Headteacher) Introduction – The Revd Vicky Thurtell (Vicar)

Opening Prayer

Silence is kept Please stand as the choir enters the church

Processional Carol 1. Once in Royal David’s City

Verse 1: Solo (Alice Read); verse 2: choir only Reading and Sixth-form Quartet Isaiah 9 verses 2, 6 & 7(read by Dylan Redding)

The Truth from Above (English traditional carol, arranged by R Vaughan Williams) Congregational Carol 11. O come, O come, Emmanuel Choir Adam lay ybounden (words: 15th century; music: Boris Ord) Reading Luke 1: vv 26 – 38 (read by Ella Marsh) Congregational Carol 13. It Came upon the Midnight Clear Sixth-form Choir O Magnum Mysterium (words: Matins of Christmas; music: Poulenc)

O great mystery and wonderful sacrament,

that animals should see the new-born Lord lying in a manger!

Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear

Christ the Lord. Alleluia!

Reading Luke 2: vv 1 – 7 (read by Alex Albon) Congregational Carol 2. O Little Town of Bethlehem Choir Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (words and music: John Rutter)

Flute: Abigail Fiddik Reading Luke 2: vv 8 – 20 (read by Miss Kayleigh Ashton) Congregational Carol 6. While Shepherds Watched their Flocks Choir Long the Night (words: Alick Rowe; music: traditional Ukranian

melody arranged by Roy Massey)

Reading Matthew 2: vv 1 – 11 (read by Rhiannon Morris, Fergus MacPhee and Laura Sharpe)

Choir I wonder as I wonder

(Appalachian carol, arranged by Andrew Carter)

Please stand Reading John 1: vv 1 – 14 (read by Mr Michael Foley) Congregational Carol 8. O Come All Ye Faithful Choir Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

(traditional English carol arranged by David Willcocks) Congregational Carol 7. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Please remain standing for the Blessing Organ Voluntary March from Athalie. Mendelssohn

There will be a Retiring Collection in aid of church funds and Weldmar Hospicecare Trust.

The school is most grateful to The Revd Vicky Thurtell and the Churchwardens for welcoming us to St Peter’s Church, and to Mr David Bruce-Payne for playing the organ.

The Thomas Hardye School Chapel Choir (Conducted by Mr Peter Oakes and Mr James Baker) Sopranos Rebecca Bick Rosie Chandler Sophie Easterbrooke Keziah Element Sophie Fallon ^Jenny Featherstone Catherine Forrester ^Abigail Fiddik ^Martha Macbean Annie Macklin Rhiannon Morris Natalie Popkin Alice Read Clara Tucker Lottie Whitingham

Altos Ada Barume ^Hettie Burn Harriet Cumber Chloe Elcock Jessica Element Lizzie Goldsack Maddy Lyons Lizzie Martin Madeleine Price Zoe Roberts ^Jessica Thurtell ^Hanna Trevorrow Cicely Weston Tenors Margaret Barker David Beaton

Douglas Mair Charley Warder Adam West Brian Savage Richard Sloan Basses James Baker Joe Brindley ^Frazer Mcintosh Alastair Mair ^Greg Ryall Alastair Simpson Ben Trevorrow ^Martin Weston ^ Sixth-form Choir

Brass Group (Conducted by Mr David Ansell) Trumpet Joe Brindley, Laurie Stevens Trombone Alastair Mair, Jamie Badley

Tuba Jamie Riddoch