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December 15, 2025 25 mins
Featuring the Charter High School Director of Jazz Studies and students.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
E GM Network.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
From Studio A in Sunny Florida. Welcome to Beauty and
the Beach Radio, where it's all about who's beautifying Vero Beach.
Today's show is brought to you by Dale Sawrenson real Estate.
And here's your host and Glamour Girl makeup artist Cindy Gets.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Hey.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
Everyone, welcome back to Beating the Beach Radio and Sindy
gets your host.

Speaker 5 (00:31):
Wort's all about his beautifying Vera Beach.

Speaker 4 (00:33):
And I am so excited today because I'm sharing with
you one of my favorite holiday traditions. So this is gonna,
you know, sound so hallmark, but it's so true. So
you know, when I was a kid, we would go
to church on Christmas Eve and there would be one
of the farmers that would lend us their truck and

(00:55):
there would be bales of hay in the back and
this was probably illegal, but we all just in the
back of the truck and we would go caroling. And
then we would visit all the elder people in the
church and we would go knock on their door and
we would sing carols.

Speaker 5 (01:10):
Then we would go back to the church and we'd
have hot cocoa and cookies. It was the best. So
we are bringing that tradition to you today.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
And I've got one of my favorite buddies who is
absolutely amazing at music and he's going to help us,
and so please welcome.

Speaker 5 (01:28):
To Beating the Beach Radio. I think he's been on
one or two times before day Monday.

Speaker 6 (01:32):
Hey Cindy, Hello, so thank you for having us.

Speaker 5 (01:36):
Hi, you have a whole crowd.

Speaker 6 (01:38):
I know the whole crowd is here.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
So Dave, you are director of jazz Studies at Charter
High School.

Speaker 6 (01:44):
I am yes, I love it.

Speaker 4 (01:46):
You are amazing and I know that kids love you,
and and it's just it's a good it's a good thing.

Speaker 6 (01:51):
It's a very good thing.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
So do you want to introduce You have.

Speaker 4 (01:54):
Two students, two seniors from Charter High School with you today.

Speaker 5 (01:57):
Would you like to introduce this?

Speaker 6 (01:58):
I would love to introduce them. I'm so proud of them.

Speaker 7 (02:01):
They are in the Wolves Ensemble, which is my top
ensemble at Charter, and we we play out in the community.
We've done many, many performances and I'm just so proud
of these guys.

Speaker 6 (02:11):
So on guitar, the one and only mister Miles Bell
is with me here today.

Speaker 8 (02:17):
Welcome.

Speaker 7 (02:17):
Thank you and our number one vocalist, who is our
vocalist for the Wolves band is Matty Ritter.

Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah us today, Yes, awesome, Well I am thrilled that
you agree to sing carols with me today. Sure, so
we're going to get right to it. And that is
one of Was that a tradition for you at all?
By the way, Dave, to go caroling?

Speaker 7 (02:40):
It was, we did caroling, and I had a pretty
musical family, so we always sang Christmas carols around the
holidays and got some people together to sing in our neighborhood.

Speaker 9 (02:52):
That was always fun.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (02:53):
It just brings us smile to your face.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
Right, So I'm hoping, Dave, we can bring this to
people on radio right over right, just turn it up
and so anyway, we're gonna get started with one of
my favorites. This was actually published in seventeen nineteen by
Isaac Watts and has become one of the most recorded
Christmas songs of all time.

Speaker 5 (03:14):
Dave, take it away.

Speaker 9 (03:15):
Yes, let's do it one two Betty and here we go,
Joy to the world.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
The Lord is letta, let me see hurkay. Let every
heaven nh sing, and heaven and nature sing and he
and natuous.

Speaker 9 (03:50):
That's a good one.

Speaker 6 (03:50):
Joy to the world.

Speaker 5 (03:53):
I love it all right, so day.

Speaker 4 (03:56):
The next one, Deck the Halls, comes from a sixteenth
century Welsh melody and is famously featured in holiday scenes
and movies like you probably love these, uh National Lampoon's
Christmas Vacation.

Speaker 5 (04:10):
You love me that that's a tradition in itself. So
here we go, deck the We're going to deck the halls.

Speaker 6 (04:19):
Thenscers one.

Speaker 9 (04:24):
Two decks of.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
The season two be jolly, we know our.

Speaker 9 (04:43):
Joy.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
Ancient Ultai cattle.

Speaker 3 (04:49):
See the blazing Uli forests, strike the harbin, join.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
The chorus, fall following in the very measured.

Speaker 5 (05:15):
I love it, I love it.

Speaker 4 (05:17):
The next one, Dave is really special to me because
we have a resident in Vera Beach. His name is
Zach Ruber, and his great great great grandfather wrote Silent Night.
Really yes, Hans Grouper, no kids.

Speaker 5 (05:33):
Yes, And he's in Vera Beach.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yes.

Speaker 5 (05:37):
And he's he's a writer and someone that you should
get to know. Real special. So Silent Night was written
in Austria.

Speaker 4 (05:46):
In eighteen eighteen and it has appeared in countless films,
including Home Alone.

Speaker 5 (05:51):
We All Love that one in Santa Claus. So let's roll,
let's do it. Here we go and sid.

Speaker 10 (06:12):
Homelyn homes cold, Holless, broad rowd yond fe mother Raanchart.

Speaker 9 (06:33):
Homely.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
Thing so taner and mo sleep oven had.

Speaker 10 (06:44):
Leape, sleepping, heaven leap.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Sidela, old shops quick.

Speaker 9 (07:10):
The side.

Speaker 10 (07:12):
Good from heimly.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Hold Louia chriss the same, it is Chriss, the same,
is beautiful, beautiful, Dave.

Speaker 4 (07:45):
Every Christmas eve we went, that was beautiful, Maddie, all
of you. We would sing a silent night at church.

Speaker 6 (07:54):
Candle yes, acapilla, Yes, everybody's singing.

Speaker 4 (07:58):
I mean it brings a tear every time. It's so special, yeah,
very special.

Speaker 5 (08:03):
All right, So the net we're gonna pick it up
a little bit. The next one was written in eighteen
fifty seven.

Speaker 4 (08:10):
Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song, okay, and it
is heard in almost every Christmas movie. Imaginable one way favorites.
Dave's sweater has the whole vibe to it, So give
us a little.

Speaker 5 (08:24):
That's right, that's right, all right, take it away, Dave.

Speaker 6 (08:28):
We're gonna swing it all right.

Speaker 3 (08:33):
Ready, and.

Speaker 5 (08:36):
Oh yeah, loving this.

Speaker 6 (08:43):
We'reshing through the snow here.

Speaker 3 (08:47):
Through the shoe on one horse, open sleeve or the
field sweet go.

Speaker 1 (08:55):
Laughing all the way.

Speaker 3 (08:58):
Bellson ballad may gain Spirit's bride.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
What fun it is to laugh and say slave song to.

Speaker 11 (09:09):
Night, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh
what fun it is to ride anyone hospen slave, jingle bells,
jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun is

(09:30):
do ride anyone who's open slave?

Speaker 6 (09:40):
There it is, Yeah, we're live without a net city.

Speaker 5 (09:44):
Love it, I love it, I love it. That was
great viles. Okay, so the next one Wow.

Speaker 4 (09:53):
This was written by Charles Wesley in seventeen thirty nine.
This carol is often featured in classic Christmas church scenes
in film and television. And we're talking about Hark, the
Herald Angel Saint see.

Speaker 12 (10:07):
M hmm.

Speaker 9 (10:12):
Okay, one tooth and broad Angelosy glory.

Speaker 3 (10:21):
To the new born kingson and Mercy, mile God and sin.

Speaker 1 (10:31):
There's reconcile joy for.

Speaker 10 (10:35):
Nations, rose joy, the triumph fous guys.

Speaker 3 (10:41):
With angelic cous broclaim Christ is born in Bethlam, the.

Speaker 13 (10:51):
Broad Dan Johnsy glory to the Newbornking, Merry.

Speaker 4 (11:02):
Christmas Mary so speaking of Christmas to me. The true
meaning is the birth of Jesus. And we're going to
sing away in the Manger. And this first appeared in
the late eighteen hundreds. Uh, and of course is a
staple in nativity scenes at Christmas specials.

Speaker 5 (11:19):
So away in a Manger day, Oh.

Speaker 1 (11:31):
Mangin no Christ.

Speaker 8 (11:37):
The logyesus laid down his sweet head.

Speaker 1 (11:46):
The star in the scu look down.

Speaker 9 (11:52):
He lay the.

Speaker 1 (11:56):
Logiesus host on the.

Speaker 8 (12:03):
Fu.

Speaker 1 (12:07):
The baby weeks the cheesus no crying. He makes.

Speaker 8 (12:20):
The largess down from this guy and stay on my
creatle till warning is.

Speaker 6 (12:37):
Oh thank you?

Speaker 5 (12:41):
So you guys? Is your Christmas tree app miles?

Speaker 6 (12:44):
Yes?

Speaker 4 (12:45):
Is it matter?

Speaker 5 (12:46):
Do you guys help decorat? Or is it hands off
and let the parents decorate? In my house, it's hands off.

Speaker 1 (12:52):
Mom's got it.

Speaker 5 (12:55):
Are you happy about that? I mean, I'm fine either way.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
I'm finding either way.

Speaker 5 (13:00):
What about your mouth?

Speaker 1 (13:01):
Yeah, this year's hands off?

Speaker 3 (13:03):
Wow?

Speaker 1 (13:05):
Okay day?

Speaker 5 (13:06):
Were you allowed?

Speaker 3 (13:07):
No?

Speaker 6 (13:08):
We're the day after Thanksgiving. We're shopping for a Christmas tree.

Speaker 5 (13:15):
Absolutely, and it's real.

Speaker 3 (13:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (13:18):
We got rid of the fake Christmas tree a couple
of years ago. And I love the fake Christmas tree
because just take it apart.

Speaker 5 (13:23):
And stick it.

Speaker 3 (13:26):
Down to the top of it again.

Speaker 6 (13:30):
So we're all all hands on deck with our Christmas tree.

Speaker 5 (13:34):
Well the girls probably love it. Yeah, it is so good,
I know. All right, Well we're gonna see Christmas tree,
so Dave.

Speaker 6 (13:43):
You got it.

Speaker 9 (13:43):
Okay, we're in f already one, two, three.

Speaker 14 (13:52):
Christmas Tree, Christmas tree stands London beauty, Chris Stmas Tree.
On Christmas Tree, you stand to splinted beauty thanks to terror.

Speaker 3 (14:06):
You're vent to s green and summer school and ever
green and winter snow.

Speaker 14 (14:13):
Oh Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, you stand and splinted beauty.

Speaker 6 (14:22):
Just one burst. Let's again here you go already, Oh.

Speaker 14 (14:26):
Christmas Tree, Christmas tree, you stand and splended beauty.

Speaker 1 (14:33):
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree, you stand and slanted beauty.

Speaker 3 (14:40):
Your winches green and summer school and ever green and
winter snow. Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree, you stand
splinted beauty.

Speaker 9 (14:55):
There is all right.

Speaker 4 (14:59):
Light lights are colored lights. Maddie white a colored whiteles.

Speaker 5 (15:05):
My family always puts up colored, but I'm a fan
of white.

Speaker 6 (15:08):
A dam ours is all white? Lights all white?

Speaker 9 (15:13):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (15:13):
Do they do they bleed?

Speaker 11 (15:15):
No?

Speaker 6 (15:16):
Just solid solid.

Speaker 5 (15:17):
Do we like blinking guys, Maddie Miles or solid solid sold?

Speaker 4 (15:23):
All right, okay, I am to say I like white,
solid white solid, yeah, yeah yeah.

Speaker 6 (15:29):
Now do you get your Christmas tree with the fake
snow put on it?

Speaker 9 (15:32):
What is that called?

Speaker 3 (15:32):
Dude?

Speaker 5 (15:33):
I have a three foot tree. I pull out of
the box, already lit. There's not even ornaments.

Speaker 12 (15:39):
I pull out plugging in that.

Speaker 9 (15:43):
Right, it's so perfect.

Speaker 5 (15:45):
It works, it works. Okay, the next one.

Speaker 4 (15:49):
I really love this on the sixteenth century English Carol
is famously referenced in Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol.

Speaker 5 (15:56):
God rest you gentlemen.

Speaker 6 (15:58):
You know, I'm so impressed. You have all the history.

Speaker 1 (16:03):
We don't know that stuff.

Speaker 3 (16:05):
You know.

Speaker 6 (16:07):
We're gonna do the Let's do the first four and
then you guys will come marry a due.

Speaker 15 (16:14):
And consumerig and j nothing you dismay remember Christmas Save
you was born on Christmas Day to sabers all from

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sad when we.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
Were gone Astern.

Speaker 7 (16:44):
Time.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
So con en joy, confident, joy, oh time.

Speaker 3 (16:55):
And joy.

Speaker 6 (16:56):
Just one.

Speaker 5 (16:59):
There it is, okay, all right, Well we have to
finish with my favorite.

Speaker 6 (17:04):
Okay.

Speaker 4 (17:05):
We want to send everybody off with with a great
uh you know, Christmas wish. So this carol uh dates
back to sixteenth century England and is traditionally sung at
the end of Christmas movies and holiday specials, so this
will be in true tradition at the end of Beating
the Beach Radio.

Speaker 5 (17:25):
We're going to send them off with we wish you America.

Speaker 7 (17:27):
So for everybody out in the audience in radio land,
it's wish you a Merry Christmas.

Speaker 6 (17:32):
Then it's bring us some figgie pudding. What's the second
verse verse?

Speaker 5 (17:37):
I don't know.

Speaker 9 (17:37):
I didn't what is it?

Speaker 12 (17:39):
Do we know?

Speaker 6 (17:43):
No, we're just doing America Christmas.

Speaker 5 (17:45):
Well, we're going to go through uh Sanna.

Speaker 4 (17:49):
Yeah, we got Sanna's coming, okay, so we'll go through
that part, but we don't get to the figgie pudding.

Speaker 6 (17:54):
Okay, does anybody eat?

Speaker 5 (18:02):
I brought you guys cookies, So we're gonna end with our.

Speaker 4 (18:05):
By the way, your hot Chok chocolate is chocolate milk,
but it's a part of style. So we're gonna drink
our chocolate milk and cookies and wish you Merry Christmas, Dave.

Speaker 9 (18:15):
So here we go, one, two, three, We wish you
will marry Christmas.

Speaker 1 (18:21):
We wish you Merry Christmas. We wish you merry Christmas
and a.

Speaker 9 (18:27):
Happy New Year.

Speaker 3 (18:29):
Good tidings to you and all of your can good
tidings for Christmas.

Speaker 1 (18:37):
And a happy new Year. We wish you were marry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.

Speaker 14 (18:45):
Were you merry Christmas and a happy new Year.

Speaker 1 (18:50):
We all know this Santa's coming. We all know that
Santa's coming.

Speaker 9 (18:55):
We all know that Santa's.

Speaker 16 (18:57):
Coming, and soon we'll be here. We wish you will
marry Christmas. We wish you'll marry Christmas. We wish you
will marry Christmas.

Speaker 12 (19:08):
And a.

Speaker 5 (19:14):
Merry Christmas.

Speaker 4 (19:16):
Many Milestage Charter High School. Thank you and everyone out
there in radio lea to merry Christmas.

Speaker 5 (19:24):
All right, We'll see you later.

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Speaker 4 (22:39):
Hey, guys, welcome back to Beating the Beach Radiums. That
he gets your host and we want to think Dale
Sorens in real estate. They are so amazing to us.
We've had another amazing year twenty twenty five. So thank
you so much Dale Sorenson for making sure that we
can get on air and share wonderful talent like Charter
High School today who brought you Christmas caroling for your

(23:02):
holiday spirits? So Dale Swornson real Estate, whether you're buying
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them at Dale Sorenson real estate dot com. Thanks Dale Sorenson.
We want to think Charter High School. They are amazing.
One of my best friends, Pam Bjorkman, she is on
the board there and she invites me to all of

(23:24):
their events. They are amazing. If you ever see any
of their events being published, go to it. The kids
there are absolutely amazing, just like Maddie and Miles today.
They're just two of many, many wonderfully talented students right
there at Charter High School. So make sure you go
see their events. They're incredible. And Dave Monday, thank you

(23:47):
for sharing your talent and your students. We look forward
to next year. We will, yes, Cindy, we will make
this a tradition. You should have seen the studio, you guys,
I mean with the electric guitars and they're and it
was kind of wild in here for a second. But
I thought it was so important to bring you holiday year.

(24:08):
Sometimes it can be a dark time and a lonely
time during Christmas, and I want to make sure that
I bring you some joy and some peace and a
little bit of my favorite holiday tradition with the Caroline,
so thank you so much and looking forward to twenty
twenty six. The next time you hear my voice, we

(24:29):
will be celebrating the new Year. And so you guys
have a wonderful holiday, Merry Christmas, and I love you
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