- Date
- 2012-12
- Kind
- Concert
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- musicperformancecommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 2012 Beaver Beacon reports the twelfth Beaver Island Christmas Cantata, featuring a Suzuki String Quartet, soloists, small ensembles, and the community choir. Forum follow-ups report performances on both December 8 and 9, successful online streaming, and positive community response, with almost sixty viewers for the Saturday stream. In January 2013, the organizer also offered DVD copies to people who had missed the performances.
Evidence limits
The sources do not provide a complete program sheet, in-person attendance count, or an independently verified online-viewer total.
Sources
- The community announcement invited singers to rehearsals beginning October 14 and announced a December 9 performance, with a possible December 8 performance. It documents advance planning, not the eventual program or attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005612
- The organizer announced the twelfth cantata for December 8–9 at 2 p.m. at Beaver Island Christian Church and invited the community. This is the final advance notice; the later livestream thread supplies occurrence and online-viewer evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005827
- Beaver Beacon, December 2012, "The Beaver Island Christmas Cantata."Reports the twelfth Beaver Island Christmas Cantata, including six Christmas songs by a Suzuki String Quartet, solo and ensemble performances, and the community choir. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held December issue scan confirms the cantata report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
- A community announcement gave the December 9 performance date and said rehearsals were expected to begin around September 30. It confirms advance planning, not the eventual program or attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005488
- Beaver Island News on the Net announced and then reported successful live streams of Saturday and Sunday performances; the Saturday stream drew almost sixty online viewers, according to the organizer. This establishes the two announced performances and an online audience estimate, not in-person attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005840
- A community follow-up thanked the cantata soloists, choir, Suzuki strings, production volunteers, and organizer after two performances. This is qualitative audience testimony, not an attendance count or independent review.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005841
- The organizer announced that DVD copies of the cantata were available for people who could not attend. This documents post-event preservation and access, not an independently verified recording or distribution count.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005913
Added 6 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island presents its twelfth Christmas Cantata”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-cantata-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Christmas Cantata,” October 12, 2012. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).
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