Westfield High School Music Director Korey Bruno, left, directs the Westfield High School Concert Choir during a past tree lighting ceremony in Westfield. (WNG File Photo)
WESTFIELD—Residents will have two chances to experience Christmas caroling in the coming days.
Westfield on Weekends and Westfield High School are combining for two events, one on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m., and another on Monday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. Both events are free to the public and will include the singing of traditional and modern holiday songs.
“Westfield on Weekends is thrilled to work with Westfield High School,” Bob Plasse, director of Westfield on Weekends, said. “They have always been there for us and this year more than ever.”
The Saturday event, titled “Neighbor to Neighbor,” is the second annual version of the event. Students from Westfield High School are going to meet on the Park Square pavilion and will sing holiday carols and urge residents to join them. From there, they are expected to go to The Arbors Assisted Living Facility and sing for residents, before going around the rest of the neighborhood to sing.
At the end, they will meet back at the Park Square pavilion, where they will be serving hot chocolate donated by Dunkin Donuts and cookies from Westfield Technical Academy. The event is being organized by Brandon Andrews, a junior at Westfield High School and president of peer mediation, along with Westfield on Weekends.
“This is an idea fro myself and Lynn Roberts, an English Teacher and my club liaison,” Andrews said. “Me and her put this event up last year near the high school with Dennis Duquette. We talked to Bob Plasse over the summer and put the plans in place and went from there. We wanted it to be even bigger and wanted to connect the school and the community.”
The Monday event, called the Dickens Days Carol Sing-Along, will feature the Westfield High School Chorus, led by director Korey Bruno singing classical and modern holiday songs.
“They were part of our tree lighting ceremony for many years and we decided to give them their own event ,” Plasse said. “When you hear the high school chorus they sound like a professional group of singers, they are top notch, and they are singing all over the town.”
Both events are free to the public and are part of the Dickens Days, put on by Westfield on Weekends.
