Niverville Elementary School is getting into the Christmas spirit with their holiday production of A Bear-y Merry Holiday. The play will run on December 18–19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Niverville Community Fellowship church.
“It’s our first time doing this in a church,” says Principal Tracy Beaudin. “We wanted to have more of a community partnership. A lot of times people won’t come to the plays when they’re in the school because they don’t have kids that go there… this way, it feels more open to members of the community.”
Each performance will start with the Kindergarten class welcoming everyone with a poem, and then move into the play, which features the first and second graders—nine classes spread over two nights.
A Bear-y Merry Holiday tells the story of a group of bears who are waiting for their friends, a group of panda bears traveling by boat from China, and engage in festive activities like tree-decorating and ice-skating to pass the time.
The teachers are all involved in making the production happen, and they’ve been working in their classrooms with the children in the months leading up to opening night. Mrs. Simcoe, the school’s music teacher, will make sure the musical pieces run smoothly.
“The teachers put together the costumes, which are black ears or white ears… depending on which bear the child is, and then the student will wear either all black or white to match,” says Beaudin of the tireless work of the NES faculty.
Each performance will end with all the participants coming together to sing a few classic Christmas carols. There will also be a baked goods sale, in addition to a Christmas basket raffle.
