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Drumsticks and gymnastics ribbons

6/19/2017

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​“There is too much hockey, and too many musical recitals.” These words are the frustration spoken by Sunday School teachers who are expected to have the children involved in a Christmas pageant. There are few attending Sunday School on the Sundays before Christmas and picking another practice day is impossible. Add to this a group of children who are too young to read.

The solution was a family pageant in pieces. Individual families (some with children, young adults come home from university for the holidays, or older couples with a senior parent living with them) were given poems, litanies, or short dialogues to prepare and present. Some came in costume, others with sound effects, and some dressed for a concert. The program was full of the names of families; households of all kinds.

The centre piece of “the Christmas pageant” was a two piece musical interlude: a teenager on a violin played, “Angels We Have Heard on High,” while the little girls, dressed in angel halos, danced through the church with gymnastic ribbons – Crayola markers with lengths of ribbon attached via the cap- twirling in praise; the second part was a young adult pianist who played, “Little Drummer Boy,” while the boys (and many of the men - as the maker of the drum sticks passed out lots) stood and tapped out the rhythm on the backs of the pews with homemade drum sticks.
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The “Christmas pageant” was enjoyed by all as everyone took responsibility. Participation was at 100%.

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1/21/2018 06:45:31 am

I like sport very much and that would be so nice to have the people to do it together.

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3/11/2018 04:45:15 am

The program was very interesting for the young students of Sunday school. The presence at the play allowed receiving many pleasant emotions.

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