Christmas Boats

Seattle's unique Christmas Ship festival has been an annual holiday tradition since 1949. Each year, the Christmas Ship is decked out with lights, passengers and music, and cruises Seattle's waterways accompanied by a flotilla of small boats, also decorated with lights. On board the big ship, different choirs perform holiday favorites each night, the music amplified out over the water to delight listeners aboard the small boats cruising in close proximity, and the crowds gathered on the shore. Seattle composer Bronwyn Edwards shares her own experience, weaving the sounds and imagery of the boats with the familiar melodies of carols.Christmas Boats is available in SATB and SSAA settings, and has been performed by the South Seattle College Community choir, for whom it was originally composed, as well as the Fauntleroy Chancel Choir, and Holy Names Girls Choir.