Did I disappear? Wish I could as for a supposedly unemployed person of insignificance I seem to be beyond busy.
The main focus this week, and last week, but not the week before, is the school's Carol Service. Big eejit here overstretched herself somewhat in the choice of this year's music and the children and I have struggled to work our way through the Nativity songs. The teachers say it is sounding ok now but I think we will all be grey by Friday- I'm talking Junior Infants upwards here...
This morning I spent some time in the Church with the Organist (long-suffering man) and the bass guitarist (who is having far too much fun), over two hundred weary and over-excited small people, the Principal and all their teachers. I really don't know how it's going to pan out as the little people are wildly unpredictable, the heavenly host are having dodgy moments, Gabriel temporarily muddled his words and Michelangelo put his hoodie on back to front with the hood up, to hide...
We'll see.
Implosion pending, tunefully and musically, of course.
The Shop was quieter the last two Mondays, and on Saturday I wound up the children's sewing classes until mid-January. There seem to be eleven children now in the Sewing Club but as they never all turn up at one time it is do-able. Its been a fun but tough learning curve for me as well as them, since teaching outside school is vastly different to school teaching. Or that's my experience.
The Sunday school teacher has rounded up sixteen small people for the Church Nativity, and has her hands very full I think...putting the Church Carol Service together might be the next thing on my 'to do' list...I talked to the adult Choir last Sunday so we will begin by doing a number on 'Once in Royal' and then progress to doing a number on the Nativity Story. I say every year that our God must have an incredible sense of humour considering all the many ways in which the Christmas Story is told...and I'm saying it again this year.
Think of us on Friday at 10am...then again, you may actually hear us...
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School nativities can generate some wonderful moments can't they? I think my favourite is of two blonde angels standing on a bench at the back of the stable/stage having a punch-up and one of them pushing the other off the bench into the curtains at the back and the 'poor unfortunate' retorting with some choice language!
We've got our school nativity on Monday night but luckily my involvement has been limited to programs!!!! I did run s sewing class at a neighbouring school to make costumes for their nativity, we made 30 stardust costumes, someone else did the aprons and mop caps and the Cinderella costumes (?)
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