Vespers Preview In Foy Hall This Friday

It's almost that time of year again!  We're already half-way through November, which means Christmas is just around the corner and at Moravian, there's only one way to celebrate Christmas...with Christmas Vespers of course!

Every year for the first two Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays of December, Moravian College hosts its Christmas Vespers at the Central Moravian Church on Church Street.  Nearly 6,000 students, faculty, family, friends, and community members come out to vespers over the course of those six nights but even still, there are some who just can't tickets.

That's where Vespers Preview comes in.  This Friday, people will have the chance to see and hear this year's Christmas Vespers in concert.

The same ensembles and repertoire will be performed as actual vespers.  The only differences are:

• Vespers Preview is in Foy Hall, not Central Moravian Church
• Fewer hymn and readings will be done at Vespers Preview
• The famous vespers candles will not be at Vespers Preview

For those of you who don't know, after all the ensembles are done performing, the service concludes with the entire congregation singing several hymns, during which all the lights in the church are turned off and everyone is given a lit candle.  It always looks beautiful in the church but unfortunately, that is unable to be done in Foy for Vespers Preview.

However, Vespers Preview is still a wonderful concert and if you are unable to get tickets for Vespers, it's a great way to experience vespers and get an early start on your Christmas spirit!  

I'll be there singing with the Moravian Choir and the Women's Chorus.

Have any of you been to Vespers Preview before?  If so, what did you think?

Here's all the info for Friday's concert:

• Date: Friday, November 18
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Location: Foy Hall
• Cost: FREE

I hope you can make it!  Remember, if you go, feel free to post your thoughts here!