Harcourt Algeranoff in USA - 24 December, 1921
from My Years With Pavlova, page 51:
Christmas was different in the U.S.A. There were so many Christmas trees outside, and the Salvation Army stood at the street corners in the biting cold, ringing a hand-bell and collecting money in little cauldrons for the poor. On Christmas Eve we went to a cinema where there was a spectacular Prologue, with the stage decked out in purple and gold – not the usual red and green of Christmas, and a choir of women in purple cassocks and huge white Eton collars singing ‘Holy Night’.
With the intolerance of youth, I found it hideously vulgar.
cite as
Harcourt Algeranoff, My Years With Pavlova (London, 1957), p. 51. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1456510707870 accessed: 6 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersHoly Night | performed by Choir of women |
hand-bell ringing | performed by Salvation Army |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 24 December, 1921 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:18:49 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:46:34 +0100