Yesterday, the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Medias gave a charity Christmas concert at Sala Traube. The entry was free, but a call for donations was made halfway through the concert. All proceeds went to U.A.M.S. (Unitatea de Asistenta Medico-Sociala), a charitable institution run by City Hall, which provides medical and living assistance to the poor and the needy.

A large, 54-person choir, in which my wife participated, sang Christmas carols accompanied by piano and violin. The repertoire was as follows:

• O, ce veste minunata
• Crestini din toata zarea
• Noaptea de vis
• Spre Betleem treceau pastori
• O, Betleem din tinutul Iuda
• Intr-o iesle colo jos
• Dinspre stele
• Niste soapte
• Pentru noi veni
• O, Betleem
• Musical Bells
• Azi avem Mantuitor
• S-a nascut azi Domnul Sfant
• Cantati-I popoarelor
• Tatal nostru

I am happy to announce that over 200 people were in attendance, and over 5,000 RON were raised for UAMS. (That’s about $1,700 USD at the current exchange rate.) That’s a really good sum considering it was raised in a small city, and in Romania.

You can watch the entire concert below, on blip.tv, or on YouTube in five parts (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). Merry Christmas!