Glaitness Tree Lighting

This morning we lit the tree at Glaitness School. The choir, St. Lucy and the procession were at the Kirkwall Tree Lighting ceremony in the cathedral on Saturday. The choir sang Santa Lucia and the procession came in dressed up with candles. St Lucy had a crown of candles and she made a speech.



St Lucy is a Scandinavian celebration which we have adopted here to celebrate our link with Norway, who send us a Christmas tree each year. During the tree lighting week we also got a visit from some of the Norwegian musicians. They played music from different coutries around the world as well as Norwegian folk music.


12 comments:

  1. I was in the saint Lucia festival I was very exited on the night.The choir sang extremely nicely. The congregation looked beautiful. Santa Lucia did a great job with her speech. Sofia :)

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  2. Well done class 5 it was amazing and st lucy had a green crown with tall candles.Scott

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  3. today the school had their own tree liting servis and on saterday it was ST Lucy . lort's of people were in the quir for ST Lucy it was relly scary because every one was looking at you but it was a great expeirience . At school the qhoir had to sing for the school tree liting servis aswell . I rely enjoyed it and hope to do some thing like it agen soon. Erin.R

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  4. Hi class 5 I think that the Glaitness school choir did an amazing performance on Saturday night .When I was singing I was very nervous but I did my best.

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  5. Hi everyone, Today in the dining hall the choir did a mini St Lucy festeveil were St Lucy said a speech and the choir sang two song called we three king and a Noregian song called Santa Luchia. After that Mrs miller picked two names out of a tup that had all the people in the schools name in it. she picked out Camron and Ouin so thay got to light the Christmass in the dining hall. I had a lot of fun.
    Caitlin Watt

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  6. The people in the St Lucy choir were amazing every one was amazed because we were so good.The Norwegian folk music was amazing. I loved the music it was very good.The people playing the violins were really good. cierra

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  7. Hi class 5 I think that everyone in the glaitness school choir did an amazing performance on Saturday night.When I was singing I was very nervous but I did my best.jennifer

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  8. I was in the Saint Lucia choir.I was very very very nervous on the Saterday.We had to go from the town hall to the cathedral when we got to the cathedral we had to walk down the middle of the cathedral and hang up are coates and we sang Sainta Lucia,deck the halls,away in a manger,we there kings,o come you fathal and one thousend christmas leights and the christmas tree looked beautiful.

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  9. You all did a brilliant job on Saturday, you all sounded lovely and looked lovely too. Pity the weather wasn't very good but that can't be helped. Well Done! Caroline(Erin R's mum)

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  10. I enjoyed doing the Saint Lucia it was very good on Saturday. I practiced every night so I remembered every word of we three kings and Santa Lucia. Sofia :)

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    1. Well done Sofia, glad you enjoyed it. Its a very special event to be part of.

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  11. The glaitness school tree lighting was so much fun!But the reel tree lighting was just as much fun.I was really really nervous every but I did my best.Daisy

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