The Arbor Homeschool Play
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the play is postpostened indefinitely
The Play will be performed on December 10th at Mountain View Park
Practices are on Park days -- Be sure to sing the songs at home until your parents go batty! (or they ask you, nicely, to stop)
If you need a copy of the script for practice, select the format below that is easiest for you to use.
At the most recent rehersal, a general concensus was reached that there were too many songs to learn,
and that some parts of the original script needed to be cut. If you were wanting to do a solo, duet, or trio
that does not appear in the above script, then please select a song from the longer version (below)
and let Mrs. McDonald know. We'll be happy to work it back into the script.
If the tunes are unfamiliar, here are MIDI files from The Cyber Hymnal. These will play on most computers, IPODs, and cell-phones.
- O Little Town of Bethlehem Tune: St Louis, Lewis H Redner 1868
- Thou Didst Leave Thy Thrown Tune: Margaret, Timothy R. Matthews 1876
- Away in a manger Tune: Mueller, James R Murray 1887
- O Holy Night by Adolphe C. Adam, 1847
- While Shepherd Watched their Flocks by Night Tune: Christmas, By George F Handel 1728; arranged 1812
- Angels We Have Heard on High Tune: Gloria (Barnes) by Edwin S. Barnes
- Oh Come Little Children Tune: Schulz, by Johann A. P. Schulz, 1747-1800 (note, we sing the song much faster than this recording)
- O Come, All Ye Faithful Tune: Adeste Fideles, John F. Wade
- Silent Night Tune: Stille Nacht, by Franz X. Gruber, circa 1820
- How Great our Joy Tune: Traditional GermanCarole arranged by Hugo Jungst (1853-1923). The refrain is sung as an echo
- Joy to the World Tune: Antioch, arranged by LowellMason, 1836
If we get a few more singers, we will add the coming of the Magi to the play, and add these songs: