Christmas Musicals for Church
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With rhythmic energy (q = 120) Copyright © 2016 Choristers Guild. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Reproduction of all or any portion in any form is prohibited without permission of the publisher. 5. It Was Good (Interlude) Mark Burrows Oboe Shaker Congas Piano 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ARTSY: We could use old scraps of paper to make our favorite animals. DRUMMER: I know where we can find some more bottles and boxes and buckets to use as rhythm instruments. Who wants to come with me? (DRUMMER exits with 3 or 4 others.) DANCER: I can even recycle some old dance moves. (DANCER demonstrates the Twist, the Robot, the Hand-Jive, or Disco) CATALYST: (puzzled, yet encouraging) Sure. You can do that. All right, friends: it looks like we've got some work to do! SLEEPY: (sleeping) Zzzzzz. CATALYST: Well, most of us, anyway. During the interlude, the idea is to create the illusion of the passing of time as the children race around finding materials and working quickly to create. The words "flurry of activity" come to mind. DANCER is practicing different moves. POET is writing in a journal. YOU KNOW is making the DNA helix. ARTSY and CRAFTSY are working on butterflies. MUCK 1 and 2 are working on a bat and jellyfish, respectively. Other cast members and the CHORUS can pantomime painting, building, sculpting, etc. Some are exploring sounds. Materials can go flying – within reason. As the interlude winds down, the children can procure fully-formed versions of these projects. These have been made ahead of time, are hidden onstage, and are then revealed at the right moment to create the illusion that they are the finished products the children have been working on the whole time. f f f Reproducible oboe and percussion parts are available, code CGRP41. CGC63 61 For Preview Only