Christmas Program 2006

Emily played a song on the piano prior to the program.
It was quite a change this year when it came to the Christmas program. For starters, we didn't exactly think very highly of the music program at St. Thomas More. Perhaps it was the off-key singing music director. Or maybe the fact that the Christmas program lasted nearly two hours. Or that neither was very impressive at all.

Suffice it to say that the St. Mary's program is a refreshing change. For starters, there's an afternoon and an evening performance. And the entire school does NOT perform all at once. The program is split between the first through fourth grades and the fifth through eighth grades. This means a less crowded church and a much shorter performance, leaving more "goof around" time afterwards for Lauren and her cousin, Maya (pictured above, right).

Emily (seen at right) also got a chance to show off her skills in playing the recorder. Some of her classmates even played the ever-so-challenging "Silent Night" (while Emily followed along).

All in all, it was a much more pleasant experience (at least for Dad) and we look forward to many more Christmas programs like it to come.