This school year we didn't get a Christmas concert and instead were treated to a musical at the end of April. Although somewhat untraditional this arrangement had one significant advantage in that the kids had an extra four months to practice. The band and instrument players always sound a bit rough at Christmas but that's because they've only had 4 months to prepare. With eight months the teachers were able to do something much more advanced. They brought in someone to help them stage the event as well as some very good drum and piano players.
There were three major parts to the play. The first group was mostly intermediate students and they were singing for a significant portion of the event on the outer portion of the gym. There was also a group of 30 or 40 students that played major parts in the play portion. Finally the primary students came in about half way with a three or four song set. I was quite impressed at the number of different songs each kid had to memorize and the actors were quite excellent. I hope they do something similar in future years.
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