Welcome to Choir Camp 2009! Our day begins, as always,
with prayer. Today, Father Ryan led us in Morning Prayer on the Feast of
St. Lawrence.
"Make our church one joyful choir on this glad and festive day!"
Father Ryan spoke to us about St. Lawrence, the "cheerful giver." Red is
worn on his feast day because he was a martyr ("the one who got grilled"!).
At break time, we played a fun rhythm game in the courtyard. Who's the
leader?
Picking out the leader!
We all do goofy stuff when Simon tells us to!
The winners of "Simon Says." Now they were paying attention!
Back in the Choir Room, we begin work on the Play of Daniel. We'll be
singing and performing scenes from this medieval play on Friday afternoon
(1:45pm sharp--be there!).
Part of the first day is finding your way around your choir book.
This camper is keeping her eye on the conductor. Good job!
Clapping helps us to learn rhythm. Great job, everybody. See you
tomorrow!
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On Friday, we'll be starring in a medieval play, written by and for the
young people of Beauvais Cathedral in France in the Middle Ages. What was
life like back then? Get in character by imagining what your life would
have been if you'd been born in the 1200s!
A Medieval Menu
 1st
course: capon brewet (half stew, half soup, made with capon – a male
chicken)
2nd course: porray (a soup made of leeks, onions, chitterlings, and ham,
cooked in milk)
3rd course: grilled hare and onions
Dessert: frumenty (custard), figs and nuts, cookies and wine
On special occasions, the dishes might include boars’ heads, venison (deer),
peacocks, swans, suckling pigs, cranes, plovers, and larks.
On fast days (every Friday and every day during Lent), it’s bread, water, and
vegetables – fish if you’re wealthy.
Table manners are important. Medieval Manners:
1. Eat slowly
2. Take small bites
3. Do not eat and talk at the same time
4. Never put your knife in your mouth
5. Never leave your spoon in your soup
6. Never burp at the table
7. Never put your elbows on the table
8. Never pick your nose, teeth, or nails at the table
9. Break your bread into pieces, don’t just bite off a piece
10. Best not to blow on your food to cool it if you can help it
11. Wipe your lips before drinking from the common cup
Are these medieval folk observing all the rules of table etiquette?
Does this picture make you hungry?
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