That's The Christmas Service…Sorted! - By Ian Faraday, Daisy Bond, Andrew Oxspring, Sarah Baker and Nick Haworth

Product Description

A whole-school/church family service, in the traditional style of readings and songs.

The Nativity story is told in 8 parts through new, engaging narrations, differentiated for all ages. Each class, year group or Key Stage can present any part of the story, with a choice of text appropriate to their ability.

24 lively, catchy songs (a choice of 3 to accompany each narration) have been selected from the Edgy Production's catalogue of popular Nativity musicals.

At one of the busiest times of year, this flexible, labour-saving resource is the perfect way of bringing the school community together in celebration!

Suitable for KS1 and KS2 (ages 4-11), this service is perfect for the Whole School (and larger groups) or just for a Single Class.

As this is not a musical/script like most of our other titles, the Nativity story is told by narrators – there are no dramatic ‘characters’ as such.

We recommend that the narrations for each part of the story are delivered by 5 children, although your numbers may allow for many more, perhaps all reading a sentence each. Alternatively, if you have few willing or able narrators, a single child (or even a teacher) from each class or year group could read an entire part.

The presentation of a Nativity tableau would be a fitting visual addition to your service. In a separate area of your hall, as individuals and groups are mentioned throughout the story, they could assemble in a growing collection of traditionally-costumed Nativity characters, until Joseph, Mary, the donkey, the innkeeper, shepherds, wise men and angels are all gathered around a manger for the final song.

The Book and CD Pack comprises of a wire-bound book with differentiated narrations for all ages, lyric sheets for all songs, tips for presentation and staging, piano score for all songs and licensing information. The accompanying Audio CD contains Vocal Demo Tracks and Backing Tracks to all songs.

A free editable copy of the narrations in Word format is also available upon request when you purchase (and have paid for) this book/CD package from us. Simply e-mail your request, along with your name and address, and we will arrange for a copy of the narrations to be sent to you by e-mail. This will allow you to edit the narrations, if required, and to print as many copies as you require.

Approximate Duration: 45 minutes

1) 1a. Mary, Mary

2) 1b. Hi There Mary

3) 1c. Listen To Me

4) 2a. Fetch The Donkey

5) 2b. Clip-Cloppin’ Along The Road

6) 2c. Dozy Donkey

7) 3a. Knock Knock Knock

8) 3b. Full To The Brim

9) 3c. No Vacancy

10) 4a. A Brand New Star

11) 4b. Song Of The Stars

12) 4c. A Star In The Sky

13) 5a. She Lays The Baby Down

14) 5b. Heaven On Earth

15) 5c. God’s Gift

16) 6a. Leave The Sheep

17) 6b. Hurry Down The Hillside

18) 6c. Something To Tell You

19) 7a. Led By A Star

20) 7b. Gold, Frankincense And Myrrh

21) 7c. The New King

22) 8a. Wake Up

23) 8b. Fill Your Hearts

24) 8c. Hallelujah