	{"id":18451,"date":"2018-12-04T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2024-02-02T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:09:51","slug":"carols-by-the-choral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/carols-by-the-choral\/","title":{"rendered":"Carols by the choral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Meg Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to dive back into the Christmas spirit again?<br \/>\nLike it or not, the Christmas decorations are already in the supermarkets and the adverts in local newspapers.<br \/>\nThe Bacchus Marsh Choral Group will again be holding their annual Christmas concert this Sunday.<br \/>\nPerforming an array of well-loved Christmas carols, group member Gillian Loughman says they have been practicing \u201conce a week for the last three months.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Bacchus Marsh Choral Group first formed almost 20 years ago, and in the last three years have been under the guide of a new director Steve Aldridge.<br \/>\nOn what she hopes the local community will take away from the concert, Ms Loughman said, \u201cI hope they enjoy the singing and it gets the community in the Christmas spirit!\u201d<br \/>\nSo, it may just be time to:<br \/>\nDeck the halls with boughs of holly<br \/>\nFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis the season to be jolly<br \/>\nFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la<br \/>\nThe Bacchus Marsh Choral Group will hold their annual Christmas concert at St Andrews Uniting Church on Sunday 9 December, 3pm. 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