Christmas Pageant 2008
Even though the snow storm was bad enough that the Bishop had to postpone his scheduled visit to Trinity, and bad enough that several area churches actually cancelled all their Sunday services, Trinity produced our 66th Christmas Pageant on time and with only minimal cast adjustments required due to travel difficulties. The narrator couldn't get there, so Fr. Clements read her part. We lost both shepherds to the weather, so Fr. Clements filled in for one of them, and Jeremy Dakin, who had played a shepherd a few decades ago at Trinity, reprised his role. We also lost one animal, but our remaining animal certainly rose to the occasion.
We have a video of highlights of the Pageant here for you.
The entire pageant ran more than 20 minutes, more than our video host can handle, so we prepared a special DVD for all participants -- please see the webmaster to get your copy).
But everyone can view the "highlights" video below.
NOTE for the more tech-aware: You can see this video in much higher resolution if you "click through" this video by clicking the YouTube icon. Then, from the YouTube screen, look below the image of the video and click the "View at higher resolution" link. It's worth it!
Enjoy!!
Here are some pictures from the rehearsals -- just click on any of them to see a larger picture:
| Christmas Pageant 2008 -- first rehearsal | ||||
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Christine starts work on the music |
More singing practice |
Procession practice |
Annunciation, take #1 |
Some work on the Annunciation |
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Cast members on stage |
Blocking: angels and shepherds |
Our angel narrator! |
Innkeeper reviews her script |
Okay! Costumes next week! |
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Annunciation (Fr. Clements standing in for Gabriel) |
Narrator in position |
Joseph sneaks a look at his script during his dream |
Reviewing the music with the kids |
Fr. Clements works the cue cards |
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Shepherds encounter Angels |
Near the end |
Costumes: donkey figures out what to do with tail |
Joseph trying his outfit on |
Little angels getting costumed |
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Animals on stage (we still had two animals at this stage) |
Head angel and innkeeper, minus headgear |
Animal getting into his role |
Innkeeper |
Angel Gabriel and Mary singing |
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We didn't really get a cast photo this year, so this will have to do! |
Our narrator |
The big day is tomorrow....but it's already SNOWING!! | ||
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Mary, singing with one of the little angels |
Innkeeper, conversing with Joseph and Mary |
One of our little angels |
Our stand-in shepherds, following the visit of the angels |
"Behold the Glory of the Lord" |
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Another of our little angels |
And the third little angel! |
(The performance stills are video frame captures, hence lower resolution) | ||
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See you for Christmas Pageant 2009 at Trinity Lime Rock!!
Other pages of interest:Pages about past Christmas Pageants (with lots of photos):Related:
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