Carol Sing

The D. Merrill Davis Carol Sing is a Jackson musical tradition, where students of the Jackson City Schools and the local community join together in music and celebration during the holiday season. 

​The first Carol Sing event was held the night of December 16th, 1942. It was directed by Mr. D. Merrill Davis; accompanists were Miss Florine Marlatt and Miss Norma Jean Parks. The invocation was given by Rev. C.J. Yeisley and a Christmas greeting was presented by the Superintendent of schools, Mr. T.K. Owens. A special guest in the audience that night was Miss Edith Kellar, who was serving as state supervisor of music. 

The Carol Sing was started soon after America joined World War II, a week after the first anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. In order to boost the morale of the community, the Carol Sing was created. During the first Carol Sing, the Women’s Glee Club performed “White Christmas,” which was a relatively new song at the time. The first Carol Sing ended with the audience and student choir singing “Silent Night.” 

From the original review of that Carol Sing comes these words: “Through announced as community sing, with the audience expected to join with the students in singing the familiar Christmas Carols, and though there was a very marked response at times, it was evident that the audience desired to hear the children’s voices, eager and anxious as they were to do well their part.” 

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Carols 

O Come, All Ye Faithful
Joy To The World
Away In A Manger
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Deck The Hall
Jingle Bells
O Little Town of Bethlehem
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Angels We Have Heard On High
The First Noel
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
​Silent Night
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Carol Music PDF