T/o All, Wassail!

This vocal quartet will perform Christmas, Channukah and secular carols of the 19th Century and before, punctuated by period readings in the authentic 19th-century parlors of the Merchants House Museum. The music will put a holiday glow in your heart; a wassail reception to follow will put a blush in your cheeks! Live: The Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society Reception to follow in the museum's period kitchen Info: 212-777-1089 Venue: The Merchants House Museum, 29 E 4th St, Manhattan Tickets: $15, free to museum members Time: 7pm - 9pm To All, Wassail! Songs and stories of the merry season Singers Dayle Vander Sande (Director), Rosalind Gnatt (guest artist), Anthony Bellov and Roberta Alessandra perform Christmas, Channukah and secular carols of the 19th Century and before, punctuated by period readings in the authentic 19th-century parlors of the Merchants House Museum. The music will put a holiday glow in your heart; a wassail reception to follow will put a glow in your cheeks! Friday, December 19, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 PM $15 admission; free to museum members The Merchants House Museum 29 East 4th Street (between Lafayette and The Bowery) New York, NY 10003 The Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society, artists-in-residence at The Merchants House Museum, was established in 2004 to bring the living history of historically-informed performances to the Museum in order to educate, entertain and raise funding for restoration of the period Nunns & Fischer piano purchased by the Tredwell Family for the house, where it remains today in its place of privilege. Ensemble homepage: www.angelfire.com/music5/dayle/bsess.html Museum website: www.merchantshouse.org Happy Holidays!