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Article: Merrillville madrigals perform for your pleasure
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- December 16, 2004
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Rudy Sanchez, 11, of Merrillville shouts "Huzzah!" when asked how the grog is during the Royal Feast on Wednesday at Merrillville Intermediate School. Town residents were invited to participate in the event.(PHOTO) (JEFFREY D. NICHOLLS/POST-TRIBUNE)
The fifth-graders of Merrillville Intermediate School revived the Renaissance tradition of the madrigal feast on Wednesday night. The community was invited to take part in the school's Royal Feast, which featured singing by a madrigal choir, comedic skits, live music, dancing and a dinner of roast pork and wassail.
Madrigal feasts were especially popular with European nobility and ...