Carols by the river

THEY CAME.

They picnicked.

They sang.

And what they sang were

Christmas carols.

Despite some restrictions, people flocked down to the riverside in Deloraine on Saturday 12 December to take part in the annual ‘Carols by the River’, hosted, for the 31st time, by the Combined Churches of Deloraine and District.

The Meander Men were the first singers off the rank.

Charlotte Wickham, Cecilia Wickham and Becky Walters sang and played.

Josh Skeat sang. Hannah Beck sang.

And, led by the Carols Choir, the crowd all sang those well known and much loved carols, ‘Joy to the world’, ‘Silent night’ and all the others.

Tony Parsons was the MC and kept everything moving smoothly and gave a message of hope.

One non-carol that was sung by everybody towards the end of the evening was ‘Try a little kindness’, surely a very apt message for us all at Christmas time, 2020.