The school assembly I am playing in is a "holiday" celebration which is
the way US schools get to cover Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Eid
al-Adha without offending anyone. Last year we were going to do the
North Skelton dance but the school ended up closed due to a huge power
cut but it was interesting during rehearsals to hear to American
teachers debating whether the long sword nut might cause offense to some
religions because it looks like a St of David.......
Ian
<http://www.infoplease.com/spot/islamicholidays.html#adha>
peter dunn wrote:
So in playing tunes with a "Winter" theme, what are we celebrating? Is it Winter itself (shudder the thought)! Is it a pre-Christian, pagan festival or is it Christmas itself? If the former, there are a number of English folk songs about Winter with tunes that are adaptable to the pipes. If the latter, then it must be the height of hypocracy not to play tunes with a Christian theme.
Peter
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