Manger Mania

Our students here rarely let us forget that the end of the semester is fast approaching. Another sign that this is true--and that Christmas is close at hand--is the Christmas pageant that we performed this weekend. The sixth grade students did the middle school assembly last week and, since they did such a great job, they were asked to perform again this afternoon at St Paul's Church.

We got all the sixth graders there at about 1:40 so that we could practice our pageant, Manger Mania, a couple of times before the big show. It was a bit of a struggle keeping everyone calm for an hour and a half, but we did OK

As you can see, our Mary and Joseph were less than enthusiastic about the whole thing. They did a fine job, though.

Besides Mary, Joseph, a doll for Jesus, and an innkeeper, we had all the standard players for a middle school Christmas pageant. Of course we had animals (a cow, a rooster, and two sheep):

shepherds (doing the "shepherd shake" after being frightened by the heavenly host),

and the three "cool eastern guys" (though one of them couldn't make this performance).

The church is a beautiful old colonial building from 1840. It was recently renovated, so it was a wonderful place for a Christmas program. There were lots of other songs and dramas, so even though it was a lot of work to get our kids ready for the Manger Mania musical, it was well worth it.

Dave and Beth