Back in June when everyone’s thoughts are turning to summer vacation, I am trolling through music files and surfing the internet for inspiration for our next Christmas show.  My criterion is simple.  It has to move me.  When I stumbled across Stan Roger’s, First Christmas,  I knew I had found the inspiration for the show.  Stan Rogers is the ultimate Canadian story teller and our Pro Coro friend Trent Worthington wrote a beautiful arrangement for our Men of Note.  From this inspiration grew other stories about Christmas away.  Our journey took us from Mary’s first Christmas to modern day travel.  In addition, the boys sang with their fathers.  This has become an annual tradition, and their presence, standing with their sons, speaks volumes about who they are as fathers and members of the community.  They gave their time and voices, to make the evening special.  It is my hope that the members of the Grande Prairie Boys’ Choir will sing when they are grown up in their churches, in their community and to their children.  Singing is such a universal language and a special gift.