Christmas Eve 1998 from The All Saints Sessions

All Saints Sessions

 Today I'm posting another set audio files from what I've been calling "The All Saints Sessions" which are a hand full of old audio  recordings & videos captured at All Saint Anglican in Niagara Falls during the 1990`s. The post from the sessions consisted of audio files from Carols and Lessons today is Chrsitmas Eve and There is a post coming up in the spring of Easter 1993.  I have an idea that there may be additional recordings in a box or or on a hard drive but, for now it`s  just these three.

Background (or how we got here)

Originally recorded at All Saints Anglican Church in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada December 24th 1998. The recordings where made with two mics run through a mixer then onto cassette. Neither the equipment nor my ability to use it was up to the enthusiasm I had for making the recording.

What had been captured was not exactly up to expectations. The cassette sat around in the hopes that something could be salvaged from it, eventually.

Somewhere around 2010 the cassette was digitized. Again with the hope that  preserved in this new format some possibility of improvement might exist. The software I had and my knowledge of how to use it proved to be of little help at that time. So, they languished on a hard drive waiting for the time when the technology & (more importantly) my ability to use it could help.

Through working with video I have gained basic familiarity with adobe Audition audio software. I still wouldn't say I have any skill with it. But, I can identify some problems, find some answers and apply the answers when I find them.

There are still problems I can  hear but cannot figure out how to address. This leaves us with something that is OK in spots and not in others. It also leaves us with something that is out in the world for people to listen to instead of sitting in a lonely folder.

The Files (or how to listen to the recording)

Links to the files are below. There is one file with the entire service & an option to download it in smaller pieces.

Unfortunately downloading the files is a bit convoluted.

Click on the File & it will open a new tab.
From the new window you can download the file from the arrow button at top right.

There is also a player on the new tab. If the click on the player and don't have a compatible app installed it will give the option to download the file or the app.



All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Full
All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Part 1
All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Part 2
All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Part 3
All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Part 4
All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Part 5
All Saints Christmas Eve 1998 - Part 6


The files are basic mp3's and should pay on most devices.

Carols & Lessons - All Saint Niagara (1998-ish)

Today I'm posting some audio files from and old recording of the "Lessons & Carols" service from All Saint Anglican in Niagara Falls.

The church is no longer operating as a parish church but, the recording is still around. Originally recorded on cassette, then transferred to a digital file. I have finally gotten around to putting in a bit of work to turn the distant voices and loud hum into something recognizable.

Fair Warning: the original recording was pretty bad & my restoration skills are rudimentary at best. I just didn't want these recordings to lay unheard for another year. So I watched a few instructional videos and started work to see what I could do.

Consider yourself warned. The quality is not great but, if you've heard a service of "Lessons & Carols" before, you'll find something familiar & full of Christmas spirit.

Notes:
A)The "lesson" sections are not included.  I'm unsure if they where part of the original recording or not. They where not part of the transferre from tape to digital (done more than 10 years ago).
B) this 1st song is missing the beginning.



I hope you enjoy them, and Merry Christmas.


Carols & Lessons - Full Recording (33mb)
Carols & Lessons - Part 1
Carols & Lessons - Part 2
Carols & Lessons - Part 3
Carols & Lessons - Part 4
Carols & Lessons - Part 5
Carols & Lessons - Part 6
Carols & Lessons - Part 7
Carols & Lessons - Part 8

Instructions:
Click on the File & it will open a new window.
From the new window you can a) download the file (button at top right)
                                                   b) play the file (if supported by your device)

Ashley K Piano (Video)

A song from Ashley's first piano recital that took Place November 22nd at Taps.

2018 Livestock Walk & Talk

2018 Christmas List

Since Christmas Questionnaires came along this seems redundant. I already had it started and a few things already laid out.  So I'll make a very short post as an addition to the questionnaire.

View & Share

If you have a minute viewing, commenting and sharing stuff I've made is always appreciated.
 
Flickr:  Summerfolk pics, Thanksgiving Pies , Christmas Tree Series (will start filling up Nov. 23) 

YouTube,  Vimeo,    blogger,  

Vintage Stuff:

If your looking for a challenge try some vintage radio memorabilia.
My favourite shows are Fibber McGee & Molly, Jack Benny, The Great Gildersleeve. Although there are specific examples below basically anything associated with these shows and even their sponsors would be pretty cool.

Johnson's Wax ad with Fibber & Molly (AKA Jim & Marion Jordan)

Every year they worked this into the
Christmas episode  and they
promoted the record on the show.

Gildy's Blade, a sort of a cross promotion
for the sponsors Parkay margarine.

Record of "The Gildersleeeve Song", part
of a contest promoting the radio show.

Finally

Bubble lights, not the reproductions, but the originals (40'&50's). 

These are basically impossible to find, but hey you never know.

Merry Chrsitmas

How I Halloween | #7

It's Halloween !!!!

I was going to most more & earlier but,  things happen.


So, instead of  trying to do a quick (and probably not very good) version of what I had planned, I've put away those ideas for next year and have instead included a few autumn & Halloween video I've do in the past.

Hope the help give you that Halloween feeling.

I'm off to light the Jack-o-lanterns.

Happy Halloween!

How I Halloween | #6 Recipes

Halloween Recipes

Originally I had planned to find a bunch of recipes and test them out and report of the results.   That didn't Happen.  As usual I had more plans than time & then I ran out it, time that is. 

What I have done is included links to recipes that look good & I intended to make but, didn't. They are basically all "pumpkin...something", it's festive, so why not?

I have had the fudge before and enjoyed it, but I cant vouch for the rest. If you try them Please leave a comment & let me know what you think.  

1) Pumpkin Fudge
2) Pumpkin pancakes
3) Pumpkin Brownies
4) Pumpkin creme brulee
5) Pumpkin Soup
6) Autumn (Adult) Drinks

Bonus:

The Best Caramel Corn Ever!

From a newspaper article in the 1970's, a time when people both read the paper & believed most of what it said. my mother and sister have been making it ever since. I really do enjoy it more than any that I've bought.  That could have more to do with nostalgia than taste but, that's fine.

You can get recipes that are essentially the same Here & Here.


I've never made it my self, but have been known to lend a hand from time to time. A few years ago filmed most of the process and eventually Put it together into a short video.

UPDATE:

Here are a few more  pics from "The Shopping Basket"page of the Globe & Mail from October 24, 1979. Being one week before Halloween (and my brother's 2nd Birthday)  the page featured Halloween recipes and grocery specials.  It has been preserved for the  "Shell-Out Caramel Corn" recipe that is a favourite around our house.

 For the uninitiated "shell out"  is an equivalent to "trick or Treat"  used in Canada.

To get treats on Halloween kids used phrases like "shell out, Shell out, the witches are out", "shell out, Shell out, the Goblins are out" and even "shell out, Shell out, we'll break your windows inside out."   But,  that was mostly gone by my time,  we always used the foreign & generic "trick or Treat".

Next Time?

With time running out before the big day and "things to Do"  piling up,  I'm not making any promises except that this won't the the last post before Halloween.