MAMMOTH CAVE — Feeling a little bah-humbug?
Then go to the Cave Sing at Mammoth Cave National Park. It’s an event that is sure to put everyone in the holiday spirit.
The event will be Sunday and features storytelling, as well as holiday music performed by the Carollin’ Bell Ringers, a handbell choir from the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow and Western Kentucky University Women’s Chorus.
“Cave Sing is always a fun afternoon in the park,” said Patrick Reed, superintendent of the park, in a press release.
The event was introduced in 1980 as a means for the park to say “thank you” to those in communities surrounding the park.
“This is our 29th year and the event carries the same message — we appreciate our neighbors,” he said in the release.
Storytelling is set to begin at 1:15 p.m. at the Mammoth Cave Hotel Rotunda Room. Park visitors will depart the Mammoth Cave Visitor’s Center at 2 p.m. and descend to the cave. The Carollin’ Bell Ringers are scheduled to perform at 2:30 p.m. in the cave’s rotunda area.
“We’ve been practicing for about three months, working on a variety of music,” said Lisa Woodward, handbell choir director.
The handbell choir consists of 14 members.
“Everyone has two or three bells that they play,” Woodward said. “It’s an awesome thing to see and hear.”
The Carollin’ Bell Ringers will be followed by the Western Kentucky Women’s Choir, which will perform in the Methodist Church area of the cave.
“The women’s choir is a nontraditional group on campus,” said Eva Floyd, director. “Most of the singers are not music majors, so it’s a very special group in that way.”
The choir consists of 75 members, but Floyd said due to limited space a smaller group will be performing in the cave.
“We’re also bringing an a cappella group called the Treble Makers,” she said.
The choir will perform a variety of songs with an international flare from a French Christmas carol to a Latvian folk song.
Floyd isn’t sure what the acoustics will be like inside the cave.
“I imagine it will be like singing in an old European cathedral,” she said.
For more information, call the park at (270) 758-2180 or visit maca_park_ information@nps.gov.
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