ASSINIBOIA — Christmas has always been a season of sharing glad tidings of great joy and often that has included choirs of carollers around communities. However, this year, the Kinette Club of Assiniboia put a new spin on this holiday tradition.
Dec. 16, the Kinettes headed out into the cold, winter night to spread some Christmas cheer by carolling.
Kinette Lisa adds, “This carolling was not the usual harmonized songs you hear in the movies, but purposely bad. This way, people had to pay us to leave. They could also pay us to go to someone else’s house.”
The idea came from a fall convention Assiniboia Kinettes attended and learned the Unity Kin Club had experienced a very successful inaugural year of this unique fundraiser, and how much fun they had enacting the project.
“Eleven Kinettes and friends went around with bells, tambourines, whistles and one very awesome guitar to sing a selection of out-of-tune and misworded carols. We went to at least two dozen houses and raised $1,000, with proceeds to the Assiniboia Kinettes to help fund our operating costs and local projects,” added Kinette Lisa.
Dozens of social media posts raved about the fun-raiser and fundraiser, enjoying the off-key spirit of Christmas that was shared by this community service club. Last night the Kinettes headed out into the cold, winter night to spread some Christmas cheer by carolling. This carolling was not the usual harmonized songs you hear in the movies, but purposely bad. This way, people had to pay us to leave! They could also pay us to go to someone else’s house. We got the idea at our fall convention after the Unity Kin Club told us about it - and how much fun it was.
11 Kinettes and friends went around with bells, tambourines, whistles and one very awesome guitar to sing a selection of out-of-tune and misworded carols. We went to at least 2 dozen houses and raised $1000, with proceeds to the Assiniboia Kinettes to help fund our operating costs and local projects.
