Join Alex Watson for an evening of Holiday favorites for solo piano. Alex Watson is celebrating his 4th year as a gold medalist in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival for Solo Piano Performance.

No tickets are necessary. A love offering will be taken to help support Alex’s music ministry. A suggested $20 donation is appreciated.

This concert is held on the 12th Night of Christmas. The Twelfth Night was a big time of celebration with people holding large parties. During these parties, often the roles in society were reversed with the servants being served by the rich people. This dated back to medieval and Tudor times when Twelfth Night marked the end of 'winter' which had started on 31st October with All Hallows Eve (Halloween). A dried pea or bean was cooked in the cake. Whoever found it was the Lord (or Lady) of Misrule for night. The Lord of Misrule led the celebrations and was dressed like a King (or Queen). This tradition goes back to the Roman celebrations of Saturnalia. In later times, from about the Georgian period onwards, to make the Twelfth Night 'gentile', two tokens were put in the cake (one for a man and one for a women) and whoever found them became the the 'King' and 'Queen' of the Twelfth Night party.*

*Facts sourced online from (https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/12daysofchristmas.shtml).