‘Unsilent Night’ debuts in Asheville on Friday

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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This sounds cool:

Now imagine dozens of boom boxes and stereos playing a piece composed with many parts. People carrying the music down the street, parading about town. That’s what will happen on Friday, when Jim Julien and friends stage “Unsilent Night.”

Julien calls it Christmas caroling for the avant-garde. Show up with your cassette (yep, they’ll have cassettes), CD or MP3 player (with speakers) at 7 p.m. at the Vance Monument. The sidewalk parade will roll down the sidewalks to Lexington, then up Hiawassee to Flint, then to Haywood and Pritchard Park and back to Pack Square.