The Nativity, a Play in 5 Acts
Our Catholic Homeschool group on base performed their Christmas play yesterday. The children wrote the play themselves and came up with most of the ideas for the songs and staging. We rehearsed every day last week, with a dress rehearsal in the chapel on Friday afternoon. The children invited their dads to attend an evening performance, followed by a pizza party. We were all so proud of how hard the children worked at learning their lines and stage directions. It wasn’t easy rounding up 15 children and getting them to pay attention, especially with 4 babies/toddlers roaming the set and playing with Baby Jesus. At times it felt like a scene from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” But in the end, it all came off beautifully and the dads were suitably impressed.
Real Shepherds Wear Plaid. Pumpkin Girl as a sheep, with Boo, her shepherd and their best friend, Andrew.
Singing “Silent Night”
The shepherds have announced that “The Savior has been born, Alleluia, Alleluia” and the entire ensemble sings “Joy to the World.”
The play sounds great! We moved last spring but our former parish did a play like that every year. I really miss it. My kids loved it too.