Kempke's Music Service

Excellent Hanging of the Green Service

Posted by Jackie Hall, Celebration United Methodist Church, Gainesville, FL on 13th Sep 2009

This is a beautiful 15-minute Hanging of the Green service (I'll be using it the first Sunday in Advent). The SATB parts are nicely arranged and singable with a fair amount of unison. There is one short SSA section. What I like best is that the service is full of familiar Christmas music and can be as simple or as dressed-up as you want to make it. There are plenty of options for children to sing and/or participate in other ways, like decorating the church while the choir sings. My only beef with it is that "He Is Born, the Divine Christ-Child" is in English. To me, that carol just does not translate well, and I'll be teaching my choir to sing it in French (yeah, they'll freak out, but they'll give it their best shot). Well worth the $5.95 purchase price.