

| Caroling is great PR for your school and spotlights your music program! |


| St. Louis Christmas Carols Association - 7425 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 353 - St. Louis, MO 63105 - 314.863.1225 Email - stlcca@att.net |
| St. Louis Christmas Carols Association Celebrating a Century of Caroling 1911-2011 |
| at your holiday programs! We can provide collection canisters and information on the agencies we help. We can also provide songsheets to try this variation on collecting at a program, shared by Rhonda Saltzman, music specialist at Iveland Elementary School in the Ritenour School District: "After my holiday show, we have a Sing Along with the audience and pass the red StLCCA cans down each row. We collected $90 just passing the cans!" Her Student Council also holds a Candy Cane sale for two days at lunchtime, with proceeds to the StLCCA. |

| We hope you will consider caroling with your students, to experience the joy and satisfaction "Caroling for a Cause" can provide. |

We receive many requests for carolers to perform at the airport, stores, tree lighting ceremonies, and holiday events. Smaller groups are often needed, or jazz choirs, as well as smaller church choirs. It's a wonderful way to gain recognition for your church or school's music program while giving your members additional performance opportunities. The StLCCA is provided with a donation in exchange for arranging the performance. If you are interested in these opportunities, call our office or use the form on the "Join us!" page - we will match an event to your location and availability. |

| Do a Special Sing! |
| Carol inside your school! "In-School Caroling" from Rose Nester, former music specialist in the St. Louis Public Schools: "send home a note a week or so before the planned in-school caroling, asking that all students bring in 'pennies for the carolers'. Then, with a small group of singers, move through the school, singing in several locations, as students drop their coins in the collection cans. What a wonderful way to model caroling itself and also demonstrate giving to your community! |
| Music Teachers aren't the only school personnel who can be caroling leaders! Counselors, Student Council and other club sponsors make great caroling leaders! We would be happy to visit your group to discuss caroling - call our office to schedule and for more information! |
| Can't carol outside of school? |
| Caroling - what a fun way for high school students or confirmation candidates to satisfy community service requirements! |

| St. Stephen Protomartyr Choir, led by director Anne Borgmeyer perform at "Holiday on the Plaza" in Maryland Plaza. |
| Chapter Future Iota Leaders, with chapter president and sponsor Judy Ferguson Shaw carol each year at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. |
| Create a "Caroling Club"! Here's another wonderful school idea, submitted by Dr. Betty Scheller, principal, Lawson Elementary School, Hazelwood School District. "A staff member (not the music teacher) has developed a "Caroling Club" within the after school club structure our district offers. Students meet several times after school to practice, then meet at school one evening with their families - we divide school neighborhood, then return to the school for hot chocolate and cookies." What a great way to reach out to your community! |

| A Capella Choir from Ritenour High School, Dr. Richard Bell, director, sings at the Lafayette Square Holiday Parlour Tour. |




| More caroling in Terminal 2 at the Airport by students from McCluer South Berkeley High School. |