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Christmas Eve Caroling
Observed In 1,154 Cities
Survey by the \iftional Hitreau for Advancement of Music
Shous Wonder Jul Growth it I Delightful Old Ynletide
Custom from a Total of Only ,'il Cities in 191H
New York. November 15 ? From
a traceable total of thirty in 1918
the number of cities and towns in
the United-States that observe the
fine old custom of outdoor Christ
mas caroling had increased In 1922
to 1,154. according to an elaborate'
survey Just Issued by the National
Bureau?for Hw Ailf nu emeiii?af~
muslc from its offices In New York.
It Is expected that Christmas of
now less than two months away, will
be greeted by merry carolers In close
to 2,000 communities iu every State
In the Union.
The survey of convenient size and
appropriately printed in green and
red In the Yuletide spirit, is headed,
"Christmas Caroling in 1922." A
short history of outdoor caroling;
in the United States as revealed In
the bureau's records is givcu. fol-'
lowed by a map of the United States,*
on which, In red. Is indicated nil,
towns and cities in which cnt'oiiug
groups sang* throughout the streets.
In parks, nubile squares., etc., in De-,
Cenvber 1922. Following that Is a
pointed complete list, alphabetically
arranged according to the bureau's
records, the custom was observed
last year.
"Ten years ago. * pays tho Ad
vancement Bureau in its survey,
"outdoor ChrMmns Eve Caroling,
especially by itinerant groups
through the streets of town and vil
lage. w:ajs almost unknown In this
country. The beautiful old custom
that had once been universul In Eng
land hnd nil but died.
"The widespread adoption of tin*!
Community Christmas Tree did
much, to bring the c-irols to public
attention again. Yet the singing of
the charming old Yuletldo songs
for the public benefit was nil too In
frequent nnd the genernl absence of
the 'waits.* tlie traveling 'bands of
carolers, In their picturesque rod
cambric capon, was particularly re
grettable.
"The National Bureau for the
Advancement of Music, which Is in
terested in extending more widely
the influence nnd utilization of
music among the American people.,
?aw In the Christmas caroling one
of the most inspiring uses of song, >
as <i satisfaction to the singer, a Joy
to the community, and a means of
expressing the Christmas spirit. In
1917, therefore, shortly after its own
Inception, the Bureau, at the Hug
began working actively for the coun
try-wide expansion of the custom.
It pointed as n model to the splen
did organization for Christmas
singing that has been worked out
on a city wide scale In Detroit. As I
a further aid to the movement the
Bureau Issued Its booklet. 'Christ
mas Eve Caroling Being Revived.'
giving a brief outline of the history
of the custom and instruction* for
procedure to those interested in
carrying out the pl-in locally.
"By this time the movement had
made considerable advance, :ind in
Ihu flrnt edition of the booklet,
year after- efforts were made to re
vive the movement, 30 cities and
towns in which the outdoor caroling,
had been introduced were included.
There were undoubtedly more than
this numebr. but the Bureau had
not full facilities for tracing them.
By the time the second edition was
published in October 1920, the list
was more than trebhled and.lt has
continued to grow with astounding
rapidity ever since, as the following
figures taken from the bureau's
record will show:
30 cities and towns Dec. 1918
110 cities and towns Dor. 1919. |
n.??n cities nnd towns Dec. liSO.
667 cities nnd towns Dec. 1921.
1 l.p>4 citi' S nnd towns Dec. 1922
"The total for 1922 does not in
clude 300 cities and towns In the
| prevloua surveys lrom which no re-.j
i ports were received as to 1922. Un
doubtedly a large percentage of
them observed the custom.
"The response of the public scat
tered from coast to coast and from
the Canadian border to the Gulf of
Mexico, furnishes convincing evi
dence that the outdoor Christmas
caroling has struck ?i popular cord
uLd fulfills a prpular desire.
"Some of the cities were large.
oth? rs small. Some had caroling
enough to cov**r the entire
area. others for but one or two dis
tricts; while in still others earols
w. r? sung around the Christina?
tre.? only. The information was
gathered from newspaper clippings
nom all parts of th*' country, as
,well as ?y direct correspondence,
it-1 it is probable that many cities
were overlooked. No places were
included where the caroling was
simply an indoor or church event."
New York led all slates in the
trimber of towns and cities reported
a?? having observed the, caroling
custom !n lf?22. Its total was 111.
!'? ::n>ylvania was.second with 93.
M ??siuli.s-ietts third wifti SC. Call
.??;nla had 85, Illinois 71. Ohio 56,
New Jersey 54, Georgia 50.
Every syite in tlie Union is re
.ofded in th'? list at the end of the
survey. The District of Columbia
and Alaska also appear.
The number of annual obser
vances. as indicated by the list, run
from one to five. Detroit, Michi
gan, is the only city recorded as
having had five observances.
Communities that are taking up
Christmas caroling this year for the
first time ?ran get full Information
in regard to the custom from the Na
tional Hurf.au for th?> Advancement
of Music. 10k West Fortieth street.
New York City.
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