Duchin issue revives carol collecting with new book
Peter Duchin releases A Musical Christmas With Peter Duchin, a 61 carol volume for home use with new piano and guitar arrangements. The book traces carol origins from Europe and America, cites Bach arrangements, and notes Duchin’s family ties and historical context, including a French Roquemaure 1847 premiere of O Holy Night.
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New York
UPI
Telephorus
Rome
England
Atlantic
Peter Duchin
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
J.S. Bach
Bach
Duchin
New York State Council On the Arts
Yale University Council
Eddie Duchin
Bedford Hills
N.Y
Franz Gruber
Joseph Mohr
Gruber
Mohr
Austria
Environmentalist's toy baby seals spark Christmas frenzy
Swiss environmentalist Franz Weber sells toy baby seals at 12 each, claims 20,000 sold in Switzerland, aims to fund two chartered jetliners to Canada to cover seal slaughter. He pledges to let media report the scene, hoping to pressure governments to stop the hunt.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
Franz Weber
Weber
Canada
Atlantic
Montreux
Lake Geneva
Germany
Italy
United States
Norway
New York
Paris
Christmas in Puerto Rico A six week festival of song and revelry
In San Juan Puerto Rico the Christmas season stretches six weeks of parties, street dancing and fireworks blending Spanish and American traditions. Peak days include Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Three Kings Day. Local jibaro songs, aguinaldos and the asalto ritual lead to midnight door knockings with songs, rum and coquitos before street revelry continues into January.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
UPI
Spain
United States
Caribbean
Canada
Statesiders
Hosts May Face Liability For Guests Actions
In Los Angeles an undersheriff says courts may soon hold party hosts liable for damages caused by drunk guests. He cites a local bar case and office party rulings as precedent possibly extending to private gatherings. The piece also includes a folkloric aside about children taking grass for camels and Three Kings Day celebrations.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sherman Block
Block
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Charles Wesley
Felix Mendelssohn
Lowell Mason
George Friedrich Handel
Roquemaure
Adolphe Adam
Gordy
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Perle
Tom Spence
Doug
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Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Environmentalist
Tate
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Merry
Dusthames
Bennington, Vermont
Ghd Gill
Bennington
Chevalier d’Arvieux
Union Carbide
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