Host (Jadesa Stevens - center) opening the play with what seems like a fun, simple tradition - to read "Twas the Night Before Christmas." However between the two children (left - Sydney Nygard and Leilah Butler) dressed for Halloween and Easter, the three mice Nermal (Amelia Hurst), Owen (Elizabeth Cruson ) and Chad (Mylee Corcoran) who refused to quit stirring, and interruptions by Mama (Claire Kelley), Papa (Aiden Eichenlaub) and Santa (Lucas Nygard - not pictured), it turned into a laborious task.
Santa (Lucas Nygard) checks his Naughty and Nice List for the children (Sydney Nygard and Leilah Butler)
Santa (Lucas Nygard) has made healthy improvements to his lifestyle since the story "Twas the Night Before Christmas" was written including giving up his pipe. He, along with stage manager Wiley Kelley, helped educate everyone about the dangers of smoking - "Be Smart, Don't Start."
Papa (Aiden Eichenlaub) thanked the host (Jadesa Stevens) for sharing such an enlightening story. They were all ready for bed as Christmas morning was dawning.
GREENOUGH – It's been several years since Sunset School had enough students to host their own Holiday play. This year with 10 students from kindergarten through sixth grade, supervising teacher Toni Hatten said she was excited to bring back the tradition with "What Could Go Wrong the Night Before Christmas?" by Kim Kao Hines.
For the past several years, Sunset School joined Ovando School for their holiday production. However this year, Hatten said Sunset "brought it home to Greenough."
Presented in the reception barn at Paws Up Dec. 20, students took to the stage for an interesting twist on the traditional story, "Twas the Night before Christmas." While Host Jadesa Stevens just wanted to get through the story, there were a few things amiss.
After resetting the costumes on the children for Christmas, not their attire for Halloween and Easter, she sat down to read the age old classic "Twas the Night Before Christmas." With every sentence there seemed to be another interruption – from the exceptionally loud "clatter" and the mice trying to find their purpose in life, to the health changes Santa had made since the story was written in 1823.
The education lessons Santa offered about why he no longer smoked a pipe, the country's obesity problem and his need to take more time than the story allows to fill the stockings was more than Stevens was prepared to handle. But with the rising sun, Papa Aiden Eichenlaub thanked her for the story and bid her farewell.
The cast rose for the audience's applause and closed by singing a few songs wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and to all a good night.
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