Details: The choir performed a new arrangement of Carol of the Bells, a song based on Shchedryk by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych, at Westminster Abbey. "It was a great honour for our choir to ...
Chesapeake City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rename Oak Grove Lake as the Officer Timothy Schock Memorial Lake, honoring a police officer who died in the line ...
The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...
Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...
Slidell city leaders decided the annual Christmas Under the Stars celebration needed a centerpiece, so they brought in a 16 foot Christmas tree. It turned out great, but getting the tall tree in place ...
It started as “Shchedryk,” a song about a little bird that was first performed in the United States in 1922. Its enchanting melody has since been sung by Beyoncé and Barenaked Ladies. By Rob LeDonne ...