Estral Beach Christmas Caroling

THIS IS NOT SPONSORED OR ORGANIZED BY THE VILLAGE OF ESTRAL BEACH

• WHEN? Saturday, December 21st, beginning about  6:00 p.m.

• WHAT? An evening filled with Christmas carols, refreshments and snacks, and holiday spirit.

• WHO? All beach residents and their children and grandchildren.

In years past, a small group of Estral Beach residents have shared their Christmas spirit with caroling and singing as they travel around the village. This year, we hope to increase those numbers and include everyone – either by inviting you to carol with the traveling group, joining in the parade of carolers using your own golf cart or suitable conveyance, bringing drinks or treats to the traveling carolers, or joining us at the village hall for a few hours of festive community cheer and well wishes.

Some additional details:

• Dave Millar will be pulling his trailer with hay bales for seats, around the village. We will have song books and speakers to share the music. We would love to have another resident, who has a trailer and is experienced in doing so, pull an additional trailer of carolers to include as many people as possible.

• You are welcome to join in a parade (of sorts) as they travel about the village singing.

• Warm drinks and treats for the carolers along their route would be appreciated. If you are interested in volunteering to be a stop along the route, please contact Sharon or Elayne (info below). You will need to meet the carolers in the street as it is too time consuming and challenging to load and unload everyone multiple times.

• We would love to have community members join us at the hall. Festive drinks or treats would be appreciated but not required. The hall will also serve as an unloading and loading station as well as warming station for carolers.

• If you have the ability or equipment to set up some fun festive music at the hall, please contact us.

• We will also be serving pizza at the hall. You will need to bring your own beverages!

If you are interested in being a stop along the route or providing treats/drinks at the hall, reach out to Sharon Jordan via email at love.estral.beach@gmail.com or text Elayne Petrucci at 313-671-7896.

We have heard from many community members that they enjoyed the beach crawl and meeting people they hadn’t met before. This is another opportunity for us to come together in a simple evening to celebrate Christmas and community. We know for many the holidays can be crazy busy and for others, it can be a lonely time of year. We hope that everyone can join us and stay as little  or as long as you like.