Christmas Musicals for Church
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Scene 1 (Song ends with people gleefully decorating and getting ready for Christmas. Dusty ambles out to center stage and takes off his hat to dust it off, slapping the dust out of it. The townspeople mill about, talking among themselves. Dusty walks forward and speaks directly to the audience.) DUSTY: Name's Dusty! I prospect a claim up in the hills north o' here. Pard'n mah dust. Born and raised here in Incarnation; a town that celebrates Christmas maybe better'n any town in the west. (A train whistle in the distance interrupts Dusty momentarily.) SFX 1: "Train Whistle" DUSTY: Hear that? Train whistle. The sounds of change. Suppose that's why yer here, to see the first train arrive in Incarnation. Big doin's. But this is 1891 fer goodness sakes! We've become "modern!" (Dusty moseys across the stage toward the train depot and joins a group of townspeople.) SFX 2: "Train Arriving" SHERIFF: Well here they come, our first visitors. Incarnation's been here for near a hunnert years and the very first train is about to arrive at our new station. CURLY: Took the railroads long enough to push through to Incarnation, Sheriff. But whoever gets off that train, I hope they need a haircut! STATIONMASTER: Announcing the arrival of the very first Christmas Express Special! Inbound from Kansas City, Wichita and parts east, arriving on Track One! (A few passengers carrying luggage and wrapped presents enter and are greeted by the townspeople. One is a photographer carrying a large camera complete with tripod and black curtain over the rear of the camera.) For Preview Only