On Saturday 20th December, Great Malvern residents can take a break from last minute Christmas shopping to enjoy the annual Christmas Donkey Procession and join in the carol singing. The festivities will kick off at 12 noon, when the donkeys in their festive garlands, accompanied by the Malvern Donkey Procession Choir wearing gorgeous Christmas costumes, will gather at the Priory Gatehouse to sing traditional carols with the public. At 12.45, the donkeys and singers will join the Trench Choir on Belle Vue Terrace for a special event to commemorate the famous 1914 Christmas Armistice on the Western Front, when British and German soldiers met in No Man’s Land to exchange gifts and sing carols together. The procession will then continue along Belle Vue Terrace and down Church Street, making various carol-singing stops along the way, before arriving outside the Malvern Theatres to greet Christmas panto-goers with festive songs. At 3pm, the procession will culminate in a nativity play with carols staged in a specially built Christmas stable in the grounds of Malvern Priory. Local children and members of the Malvern Donkey Procession Choir will take the parts and the public are warmly invited to attend this very special start to Christmas week. For more information, contact Rev Val Needham at thedonkeyminister@outlook
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:23:13 +0000