a quarter to eight
The Seniors sang carols in costumes and later on served light refreshments . Fanny was delighted to sing . The day of the concert she went out with Polly and Lois to get evergreen branches to decorate the hall with , and between them they turned the platform into a veritable forest . By seven-thirty the school was assembled , and at a quarter to eight the Seniors entered . They marched around the room and up to the platform singing : `` God rest ye , Merry Gentlemen . '' Fanny 's clear voice was so above the others that the girls and teachers began to whisper among themselves . There was a lull of expectancy as they began `` Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephan . ''