CiJ 2025-Day 21

Three weeks in and still going strong! Well, I think so, your mileage may vary. The track of the day is a rare spoken word piece (though there's a second one in the share today, so how rare can they be?), though it's a ski-related track instead of a Christmas thing. But I figure winter sports are close enough and I was excited to find it. Didn't know Jackie Vernon had released any actual LPs until I found this. If you're not familiar with Jackie Vernon, he was the voice of Frosty the Snowman in the 1969 Rankin-Bass TV special. Yes, that's his voice that will forever be echoing "Happy Birthday" in your head at Christmas time. I'm sure you'll enjoy his story of what ski lodges were like in their 60's heyday. (There's a short greeting from Jackie elsewhere on the blog, if you're interested.)

 1. Lafayette College Choir-Dr. John Raymond, Director-Tenor Solo: Wiliam H.A. Williams, Jr. '59-Go Tell It On The Mountain (Annual Spring Concert May 1959, 1959)
2. Jackie Vernon-Slides Of A Ski Lodge (The Day My Rocking Horse Died, 1969)
3. Niles Township High School East-Lorelei-Richard Rusch, Director-Winter Wonderland (Winter Music Festival, 1967)
4. Jamestown High School A Cappella Choir 1990-1991-James A. Bogey, Conductor-Christmas Oratorio: Praise Ye The Lord Of Hosts! (Songs Of '91, 1991)
5. Children Of St. John's School, Toronto, Under The Direction Of Sister Mary Hamilton C.N.D.-Let Us All Rejoice (Music Selections For Come To The Father, 1967)
6. Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble-Stephen Squires, Conductor-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Alfred Young Concert Band Music (1988), 1988)
7. Elinor Gene Hoffman-Picture Books In Winter (A Child's Garden Of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1956)
8. Jenson Publications-I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (New Music For Concert Band-Volume 27-Easy Edition, 1990)

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