HoHoHo, it’s almost Christmas which means it’s almost time for Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight… so on this, our special Christmas edition of Behind the Scenes, we’ll be meeting a few people whose Christmas Eve is all about that favourite festive event.

David Campbell will be one of the hosts for the evening’s programme, Donna Dyson has written a song for it, but will she tell us what it is or who will be singing it… I don’t think so. And, of course, John Foreman will again be musical director but he’ll hardly get a break before he’s doing another gig at Arts Centre Melbourne on New Year’s Eve.

But wait, there’s more. It’s not all about Carols by Candlelight – the Daylesford Community Brass Band are having their own Carols Concert at the Hepburn Sound Shell and their Musical Director Mark Lyall is here to tell us how significant these bands are in regional communities and why he’s so thrilled that they’re all about to perform together again.

And then, just for something different, we’ll visit the Melbourne Zoo where the Zoo’s Director Michelle Bruggerman takes some time out to tell us about what the Zoo gets up to on Christmas Day – did you know you could go to the Zoo and have a picnic with the3 animals for Christmas lunch? Michelle also tells us how much she loves Carols by Candlelight, and why watching Carols this year is going to be a special one for her.

That’s all on this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes tonight with Chris Thompson… and don’t forget, right after the repeat of Behind the Scenes on Christmas Eve, you can join Vision Australia’s audio described simulcast of television presentation of the 2021 Vision Australia Carols by Candlelight at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl made possible by sponsorship from Belong Carbon Neutral Mobile and Internet.

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