Thursday, December 17, 2009

School Christmas Show

As I think I've mentioned in previous Christmas blogs, one of the most attended events of the Christmas season (and the year) is the Ocracoke School Christmas program. It is also usually highly entertaining. This year's show was no exception, on both counts.

The first part of the show was made up of student musical performances, starting with Aaron Caswell doing a terrific guitar version of Silent Night with Lou Castro.




Then there were several performances by students on recorders...



...and bells.



The second half of the show was a series of wonderfully choreographed dance performances.







This modern version of Frosty the Snowman was hilarious - he didn't begin to dance around when they placed the stovepipe hat on his head...

...so they tried a Michael Jackson jacket and glove, which worked wonders!

The reindeer - aka the kindergarten class - brought Santa to the show...



...for a kiss under the mistletoe...


...which was witnessed by the first graders as they danced in their PJs to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".




The highlight of the show was a performance of Blue Christmas, by...well, Elvis, of course. Complete with teen girl groupies.

My favorite part of the show every year is the end, when the entire school population - all the kids from pre-K through grade 12 - gets together on stage to sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".

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