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The Austrian Tourist Office wants a PR firm to promote the 200th celebration of Christmas classic, "Silent Night.'
The event is penciled in for Lower Manhattan's Trinity Church in front of the Hamilton Memorial.
The song originated in Austria and debuted Christmas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf, which is near Salzburg.
Silent Night was performed for the first time in the US on Christmas Day 1839 at the Hamilton Memorial.
Trinity boasts another Silent Night link: assistant minister John Freeman translated the song into English in 1859.
Austria's Kroell Family Singers and the Trinity Church Choir will sing the carol at the event that is scheduled for Nov. 27.
ATO wants a firm to highlight Austria's connection to Silent Night and pitch the country as a great destination for the Christmas Season.
New York PR manager Sigrid Pichler ([email protected]) has more information.
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