♪ Our hearts are filled ♪ with gladness ♪ ♪ Our hearts are filled ♪ with gladness ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ They drive away ♪ all sadness ♪ ♪ They drive away ♪ all sadness ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ Arletta> Hello, girls and boys.

We are also thankful for these performers who are with us today.

Once again, the madrigalists from the Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina.

And their director is Mr.

Charles Gaines.

And they are going to return us to the pages of History of Old England.

And another look at Madrigal Singers, Morris Dancers and Merlin the court magician.

Court jester> Once again, for your pleasure six fools and a dancer.

(applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (applause) ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ Oh face like ♪ moonbeams glowing ♪ ♪ Oh face like ♪ moonbeams glowing ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ ♪ (choir singing) ♪ Court jester> And now, boys and girls, we'd like for you to sing two old English carols with us.

The first is "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen."

(bells jingling) ♪ God rest you merry, ♪ gentlemen ♪ ♪ Let nothing you dismay ♪ ♪ Remember, Christ our Savior ♪ Was born on Christmas Day ♪ ♪ To save us all ♪ from Satan's power ♪ ♪ When we were gone astray ♪ ♪ O tidings of comfort and joy ♪ Comfort and joy ♪ ♪ O tidings of comfort and joy ♪ ♪ In Bethlehem in jury ♪ This Blessed babe was born ♪ ♪ And laid within a manger ♪ Upon this blessed morn ♪ ♪ The which his Mother Mary ♪ Did nothing take in scorn ♪ ♪ O tidings of comfort and joy ♪ comfort and joy ♪ ♪ O tidings of comfort and joy ♪ That was fine.

Now let's sing.

"Here We Come A Caroling" ♪ Here we come a caroling ♪ Among the leaves so green ♪ ♪ Here we come a wandering ♪ so fair to be seen ♪ ♪ Love and joy ♪ Come to you ♪ ♪ And to you ♪ Good Christmas too ♪ ♪ And God bless you ♪ and send you a happy new year ♪ ♪ And God send you a happy new ♪ ♪ God bless the master ♪ of this house ♪ ♪ Likewise the mistress too ♪ ♪ And all the little children ♪ ♪ That round the table go ♪ ♪ Love and joy ♪ Come to you ♪ ♪ And to you ♪ Good Christmas too ♪ ♪ And God bless you ♪ and send you a happy new year ♪ And God send you a happy new (bells jingling) Now we have a man who will amuse you and even fool you.

It's Merlin, the magician.

(applause) Merlin> Look ahere.

I'm going to produce a flower for the lady.

Look at that!

There you are dear.

Applaud please, it gives me confidence.

Now, what have I got here?

Let me see.

I have a very simple little... A little, yes, one of those.

And one of these it's hollow too.

And what have I got here?

Well, it happens to be a few little scarves.

And you know what color they are?

No, you don't, because you don't have a color television.

They're orange.

And, here's one of them.

And I'm just going to stuff it like that, you see.

Poke it down.

There you are.

And here's another.

Look at that one.

Just as orange as the others, isn't it?

No, you can't tell, sorry.

Well, here goes the third.

There they are.

Now you know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to, take this hollow one here, and I'm going to spoo on it.

That's my magic word, you see.

And, S-P-O-O that's spoo.

So here goes spoo.

Spoo!

Yes, well, what I'm going to do is put my magic cylinder down over the scarves and you know what's going to happen?

The three scarves are going to be three oranges.

Look at that.

(applause) Yes, dear.

Is it real?

Yes, it's real.

Thank you so much.

All right, take that mess away.

There you are, dear.

And hurry back with my next trick.

It's a real humdinger.

I like that trick, especially because it works.

Ha!

Now let's see here.

This is my little magic table.

I can't do without that thing, you know?

And... oh, dear.

What do we got here?

Here, I have a, ordinary cloth of some sort.

It looks ordinary to me, anyway.

I don't know what you think about it.

Oh, dear, what's this?

I have a little, white ball and a little glass that the ball is sitting on.

And I put that on my table... Stand up, please.

Thank you.

And here goes the cloth.

I'm going to cover it over.

And, I cover that over because I don't want you to see the magic that's going on underneath.

And I'm going to take my cloth here and... spread it upon that.

And you know what I'm going to do with the whole works?

No, you don't, because I haven't told you.

But I'm going to tell you now.

I'm going to spoo on this, too.

Oops.

Heavens, I should have spoo-ed a little sooner.

Sit up that... stupid ball.

There we are.

Now spoo!

Please.

Oh, oh, oh!

Look at that.

Heavens above it's... Oh, oh, dear... Whoa, come back!

Yes!

Here we are.

Oh, look at it.

Looky.

Oh, heavens.

Well, I suppose I'll be here all day.

Won't I?

Oh, it's going to show itself.

Look at that.

There it is, floating.

Look at- Well, go under there.

You know, it's very shy.

I'm terribly sorry.

It's so shy, for you.

Oh, it's going to... Yes.

It's landed.

Oh, thank the Lord.

Well, here we go.

I'm going to punish it for falling over in the very beginning.

That wasn't very nice, you know, it wasn't supposed to do that.

So I'm going to spoo on it again, get rid of the whole mess.

(applause) Thank you so much.

(applause continues) Oh, dear.

Yes.

Well, what have we here?

Here's my little magic wand.

You see that again, don't you?

Can't do without that, you know.

And here's my, pan.

(pan clanging) Oh, Fred.

Fred's my assistant.

Here Fred, take the top.

I don't need that yet, dear.

I'll tell you when I need that.

And I have a little pan.

See, that's my cooking pan.

You remember they had some plum pudding and I didn't get any.

So I'm going to make myself some of my own.

But, you know what I need for it.

No, because I haven't told you.

Well, I'll tell you.

I need a ring.

Who's going to give me their ring?

Hurry up, cough up.

Ah, brave soul.

Give me your ring, dear.

Oh, look at that ring.

You'll be sorry.

Alright, what am I going to do with the ring?

I've got it here, and I'm going to put it on my magic wand.

And, you know what, I told her, she'd be sorry.

I'm going to take her ring here.

You see, when I put it on my magic wand, I made it magic.

Here you are, dear, Thank you.

Take my wand there.

And I'm going to take the ring that I made magic by my wand.

I'm going to put it in the pan.

There it is in the pan.

Well, let's see, what have we here?

Newspaper... (melodic noise) Oh, I'm sorry, you're still waiting aren't you?

Well, here we go.

I'm going to cook my little cake.

I'm afraid, I don't like tasty dishes.

I'm just going to spread little paper in.

La-dee.

Oh, that'll do, I suppose.

What's in here?

We can't make cake without milk, can you?

I'll take the milk and pour that in.

Whoo.

Oh, dear that doesn't look very good yet.

Well, see what I can do.

Egg, ha!

Egg?

Yes.

(cracking sound) Oh, this is going to be good.

I can just tell.

This is really going to be good.

Where's the trash?

Well, that will do that.

Now, I... add the rest of my little milk.

Well, perhaps I better have a little more paper, here.

(paper tearing) There's nothing like a good papery cake, I always say.

Stir up this mess, here.

(clanking sounds) Heaaa!

We going to light it up and produce my cake?

Yes.

Are you going to cook?

Hurry up and cook, there.

(match striking) Oh, it's cooking.

Okay, Fred, it's cooking.

Hurry back with my top so I can snuff it out and get my cake.

Ahhh!

Looky... a puppy.

And do you know what?

He's got the ring on this little bow round his neck.

Here, dear do you want your ring back?

Thank you so much.

Here, you are.

(laughter) And that will do for me.

Applaud, please.

Thank you so much.

Goodbye.

(applause) ♪ We wish you ♪ a Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ We wish you ♪ a Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ We wish you ♪ a Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ And a Happy New Year ♪ ♪ Good tidings we bring ♪ to you and your kin ♪ ♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪ and a Happy New Year ♪ ♪ Now bring us ♪ some figgy pudding ♪ ♪ Now bring us ♪ some figgy pudding ♪ ♪ Now bring us ♪ some figgy pudding ♪ ♪ And bring some out here ♪ ♪ Good tidings we bring ♪ to you and your kin ♪ ♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪ and a Happy New Year ♪ ♪ For we all like ♪ figgy pudding ♪ ♪ For we all like ♪ figgy pudding ♪ ♪ For we all like ♪ figgy pudding ♪ ♪ So bring some out here ♪ ♪ Good tidings we bring ♪ to you and your kin ♪ ♪ We wish you ♪ a Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ And a happy New Year ♪