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A Christmas Pageant (then and now)

A Christmas Pageant
(then and now)
A Musical by Lynne Bartlett, Mark Leehy and Kevin O'Mara
Duration: 60 minutes.

A fun-filled journey from Bethlehem to Bondi that takes the audience through the traditions of Christmas from the Nativity, through the origins of the Christmas Tree and carol singing, the legend of Good King Wenceslaus, the coming of Santa Claus ... and ending up with an Aussie celebration!

Carols and Songs: Silent Night, O, Come, All Ye faithful, We Three Kings, Away in a Manger, The First Noel, Joy to the World, Good King Wenceslaus, Jingle Bells, O, Tannenbaum/ O, Christmas Tree, Deck the Halls, The Night Before Christmas, 12 Aussie Days of Christmas, We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Click here for more.

Check out some free activities
O Tannenbaum
12 Aussie Days of Christmas

An easier way to peruse school musicals

Bushfire Press began 20 years ago with the publication of Kids in Space and school musicals are still one of our great passions. We take great pride in providing quality shows that have been worked and reworked to make them as appealing and involving as possible to the students and as easy to use as possible for the production team.

Here's a bit of good news for teachers who are involved in the task of finding a suitable musical for their school's next production: We now have electronic perusal available for all of our titles.

You can peruse a large slab of the script, read the synopsis & production notes and check cast sizes, staging and costuming requirements etc ... and you can hear a sample (a minute or so) of all the songs. You can do this for all of our school musicals.

Go to www.bushfirepress.com

THE CHOICES
We have a Gilbert & Sullivan section, with Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and ... coming soon ... HMS Pinafore.

We have a 'Classics' section including adaptations of Shakespeare (A Kidsummer Night's Dream), Mark Twain (Masquerade, Kids in Camelot), Hans Christian Andersen (The Little Mermaid), Carlo Collodi (Pinocchio) and a Sindbad romp (Kids at Sea - our all-time best seller).

We have our 'Old Favourites' section, including Dangerkids, Superkids, Dragon Girl, Kids in Paradise and Kids in Space.

We have a couple of Christmas shows, including a modern re-telling of the Nativity (The Jazz Nativity) and a look at Christmas through the ages and across the lands (A Christmas Pageant).

And we have an 'Australiana' section, including Currawong Creek (an outback station run by bush animals) and The Billabong Prank (a comic look at how the legend of Waltzing Matilda might really have happened).

So jump online and have a look and a listen. www.bushfirepress.com
You can order online ... and you can always still order a perusal copy to be sent by snail mail.

Have a great show
See you next time

From the crowded desk of Mark Leehy,
Publisher at Bushfire Press

November 2007 Activity - 12 Aussie Days of Christmas

The 12 Aussie Days of Christmas
from A Christmas Pageant
(then and now)
A Musical by Lynne Bartlett, Mark Leehy and Kevin O'Mara
Duration: 60 minutes.

The activity is a new, Aussie version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

The setting is Bondi Beach (or any other Australian beach) at Christmas time.

It's a lot of fun, and, since there is a backing track, why not use it as a springboard to get your kids writing their own version?

This is an ideal item to perform at your end-of-year concert or your 'Carols by Candlelight' evening, or even your class party or graduation ceremony

... and ... the whole thing can be performed to the backing track we've provided.

AND - IT'S IN A SINGABLE KEY FOR KIDS!
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A Christmas Pageant (then and now)

New in 2007 !
A Christmas Pageant
(then and now)
A Musical by Lynne Bartlett, Mark Leehy and Kevin O'Mara
Duration: 60 minutes.

A fun-filled journey from Bethlehem to Bondi that takes the audience through the traditions of Christmas from the Nativity, through the origins of the Christmas Tree and carol singing, the legend of Good King Wenceslaus, the coming of Santa Claus ... and ending up with an Aussie celebration!

Carols and Songs: Silent Night, O, Come, All Ye faithful, We Three Kings, Away in a Manger, The First Noel, Joy to the World, Good King Wenceslaus, Jingle Bells, O, Tannenbaum/ O, Christmas Tree, Deck the Halls, The Night Before Christmas, 12 Aussie Days of Christmas, We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Click here for more.