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
Christine starts work on the music
More singing practice
Procession practice
Annunciation, take #1
Some work on the Annunciation
Cast members on stage
Blocking: angels and shepherds
Our angel narrator!
Innkeeper reviews her script
Okay! Costumes next week!
Christmas Pageant 2008 -- second rehearsal
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
Shepherds encounter Angels
Near the end
Costumes: donkey figures out
what to do with tail
Joseph trying his outfit on
Little angels getting costumed
Christmas Pageant 2008 -- dress rehearsal
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
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!!
Christmas Pageant 2008 -- performance
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"
Another of our little angels
And the third little angel!
(The performance stills are video frame captures, hence lower
resolution)
See you for Christmas Pageant 2009 at Trinity Lime Rock!!
Other pages of interest:
Pages about past Christmas Pageants (with lots of
photos):