Carolers from The Arbor Consort bring holiday cheer to U-M hospital patients

Chris Krieger, of Hazel Park, gets some help adjusting his bow tie before caroling the halls with fellow singers of The Arbor Consort at University Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Chris Krieger, of Hazel Park, gets some help adjusting his bow tie before caroling the halls with fellow singers of The Arbor Consort at University Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_01_fullsize.jpg
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Singers from The Arbor Consort sing a Christmas carol in the trauma burn unit of the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_02_fullsize.jpg
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Clemon Pardales, M.D., center, was brought out into the hallway of the Trauma Burn Unit to better hear the Christmas carols. Singers from The Arbor Consort caroled the halls of the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_03_fullsize.jpg
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A group of singers ride the elevator to a different floor of the University of Michigan Hospital before singing more Christmas Carols on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_04_fullsize.jpg
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Everald Sitcheron, of Redford, holds back tears as singers from The Arbor Consort enter his room to sing Christmas carols for him at the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_05_fullsize.jpg
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Tears fill Everald Sitcheron's eyeglasses as carolers from The Arbor Consort sing for him in his hospital bed at the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Upon being asked if he had any requests, Sitcheron replied, 'Sing something that God loves, because He loves me.' Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_06_fullsize.jpg
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Singers from The Arbor Consort perform a Christmas carol to Everald Sitcheron in his hospital bed at the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Sitcheron recently came out of a coma after being the victim of a physical assault. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_07_fullsize.jpg
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David Mikowski, of Cedar, Mich., lifts himself up to get a better view of carolers from The Arbor Consort at the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_08_fullsize.jpg
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A University of Michigan Hospital patient applauds from her bed as singers from The Arbor Consort wrap up a Christmas carol on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_09_fullsize.jpg
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University of Michigan Hospital patient Don Crites, of Canton, uses an iPhone to photograph singers from The Arbor Consort as they carol outside his hospital room on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_10_fullsize.jpg
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University of Michigan Hospital clerk Eva Marino hugs singer Gyuri Barabos out of gratitude for The Arbor Consort coming to sing Christmas carols on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_11_fullsize.jpg
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Judy Root, of Howell, sits on the edge of her seat as singers from The Arbor Consort perform a Christmas carol outside of her room at the University of Michigan on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_12_fullsize.jpg
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From right: Sara Schropp, Natalie Emptage Downs, and Gyuri Barabos, of The Arbor Consort carol the halls of the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_13_fullsize.jpg
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Carolers from The Arbor Consort sing outside the doorway of a patient's room on the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA-web/cache/121811_NEWS_Hospital_Caroling_CA_14_fullsize.jpg
Singers from The Arbor Consort caroled through the halls of the University of Michigan’s University Hospital on Sunday afternoon, bringing holiday cheer to patients and staff.
Singers from the group wore traditional Victorian costumes while strolling through the hospital from 1:30-4 p.m. For more than 20 years, the U-M Health System’s Gifts of Art has brought singers from The Arbor Consort to University Hospital during the holiday season.
Photographer Chris Asadian captured these images.
Comments
amazonwarrior
Mon, Dec 19, 2011 : 2:14 p.m.
A big thank you to the singers! My mother is a patient at U of M Hospital, she was thrilled to hear the carolers, she said they sang beautifully and they really cheered her up!!