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The Little Angel
The choir director selected the 6-year-old little boy with the sweetest
face for the opening scene of the play.
"Now, all you have to do is, when I direct the choir to sing '...and the angel lit the candle', you come on stage and light all the candles."
"I can do it - I can do it!" the little boy said, excited to be the one picked. Rehearsals came and went, and finally the big night arrived.
The choir was in grand voice, the stage was beautifully decorated with
dozens of unlit candles all around, awaiting the moment when the cute
littlest angel made his entrance.
The director gave the downbeat, the orchestra began to play, and the choir swept into the introductory lines, ending with an expectant "...and the angel lit the candle," and everyone looked stage right for the entrance. No little boy.
The director gave the downbeat again, and gestured for a louder line, which
the choir gave him - "...and the angel lit the candle," and again, all eyes
looked stage right. No little boy.
The director, beginning to sweat, motioned with great, sweeping gestures,
and the choir thundered into the line - the curtains belled slightly from
the sound - "...AND THE ANGEL LIT THE CANDLE!"
And into the silence which followed came a clear, boy-soprano voice
floating piercingly from stage right, "...and the cat peed on the matches!"
face for the opening scene of the play.
"Now, all you have to do is, when I direct the choir to sing '...and the angel lit the candle', you come on stage and light all the candles."
"I can do it - I can do it!" the little boy said, excited to be the one picked. Rehearsals came and went, and finally the big night arrived.
The choir was in grand voice, the stage was beautifully decorated with
dozens of unlit candles all around, awaiting the moment when the cute
littlest angel made his entrance.
The director gave the downbeat, the orchestra began to play, and the choir swept into the introductory lines, ending with an expectant "...and the angel lit the candle," and everyone looked stage right for the entrance. No little boy.
The director gave the downbeat again, and gestured for a louder line, which
the choir gave him - "...and the angel lit the candle," and again, all eyes
looked stage right. No little boy.
The director, beginning to sweat, motioned with great, sweeping gestures,
and the choir thundered into the line - the curtains belled slightly from
the sound - "...AND THE ANGEL LIT THE CANDLE!"
And into the silence which followed came a clear, boy-soprano voice
floating piercingly from stage right, "...and the cat peed on the matches!"
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We had a similar true experience at a Nativity Play many years ago. The Angel Gabriel was supposed to come onto the stage to "appear" to the shepherds. At the rehearsal, one of my friends who was "stage director" waited with bated breath for Angel Gabriel to appear but ............. empty stage. "Enter the Angel Gabriel" he cued ....... still nobody came. At the third cue our friend was getting impatient and roared "Where IS the Angel Gabriel?" A rather scruffy little boy (who was Angel Gabriels brother) came in wiping his nose on his sleeve and said "Please sir, the Angel Gabriel ain't coming, she's gorra cold like me!" - We teachers fell about ..........Honestly you couldn't make it up, don't you love the little angels!
I much prefer the one of the little boy who was turned down for the part of Joseph, but told he could be the innkeeper. The boy protested that the innkeeper had only one line. "I know, said the teacher, but it's a very important line, the most important line in the whole story". On the night of performance the young boy played his part to perfection, and, as Joseph and Mary knocked weaerily on the door of thee inn asking for lodgings, he replied, "No problem, mate, come in and bring yer missus, we're not busy at the moment 'cos everyone's away for the Christmas hols!"
I much prefer the one of the little boy who was turned down for the part of Joseph, but told he could be the innkeeper. The boy protested that the innkeeper had only one line. "I know, said the teacher, but it's a very important line, the most important line in the whole story". On the night of performance the young boy played his part to perfection, and, as Joseph and Mary knocked wearily on the door of the inn asking for lodgings, he replied, "No problem, mate, come in and bring yer missus, we're not busy at the moment 'cos everyone's away for the Christmas hols!"
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