CHRISTMAS CAROLS OF CHILDREN'S CHOIR
The Don Bosco
School Teuk Thla Children’s Choir sing
Christmas carols every year for about
ten years at Hotel Cambodiana in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This group was formed to
discover and develop the children’s talent for singing and increase their self-
confidence. This year the group was invited by the marketing manager of Saji
Bumi Restaurant which has a couple of
outlets at Phnom Penh International
Airport to sing on December 22 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. They sang in three places
where passengers wait. So many travellers stopped and listened with joy while a
few posed with the choir for photo. Many dropped some donation in the donation
box. While the group was singing, a director advisor of Royal Phnom Penh
Hospital who enjoyed listening to the choir asked Sr. Teresa who accompanied
the choir, if the group can sing to their clients at the hospital on the 24th
morning. The director requested the group to perform (12 songs) for 2 moments
from 8:30 to 9:30 with a break in between. A special time was set aside for the
patient from England who has been admitted for three months. The performance
moved some listeners including the
hospital staff to tears of joy. Some
days later the bishop of Phnom Penh requested the same group to perform during program
in the evening for the annual gathering of priests and religious, lay
missionaries and parish leaders on the Solemnity of Epiphany (January 8,2017). The
children continue to give joy to the listeners and lift their hearts to the
Lord.
