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Nativity Pageant: The First Nowell

December 22, 2019

Our nativity pageant this year featured the Stockbridge Festival Chorus and members of the congregation presenting Ralph Vaughan Williams' staged choral work, The First Nowell.

A girl dressed as an angel and a boy dressed as a sheep.

A group of children dressed as angels and sheep

A man dressed as the Archangel Gabriel kneels before the voice of God

Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear the son of God

Mary and Elizabeth visit with one another

Mary and Joseph at the manger

Mary and Joseph in the manger while angels look on

A man plays the viola da gamba

A girl dressed as an angel puts her arm around another girl dressed as an angel

A girl dressed as an angel

Children dressed as angels

A boy dressed as a sheep sings from a hymnal

A shepherd complains of the cold

A shepherd shivers in the cold

A shepherd complains of the cold

Two shepherds slap each other's backs in greeting

Three shepherds dance with one another

Shepherds bow before the manger

A young man plays the piano while the choir director conducts

The choir sings a movement from Ralph Vaughan Williams' The First Nowell

A wise man delivers his lines

The three wise men bring gifts for Jesus

The wise men kneel before the manger. Mary adores the baby Jesus while children dressed as angels look on.

The congregation stands and sings The First Nowell

Angels, shepherds and sheep adore the baby Jesus

Angels, shepherds and sheep adore the baby Jesus

Angels, shepherds and sheep adore the baby Jesus

Angels, shepherds, and sheep adore the baby Jesus