In celebration of the Christmas season, the Rosarian Academy lower school performed its annual Christmas pageant on Thursday, Dec. 17 in the school’s theater. A total of 170 kindergarten through fourth grade students celebrated the birth of Jesus in front of family and friends.
The kindergartners dressed as the nativity characters, and the fourth graders narrated the Christmas story. This year, the pageant featured a live baby Jesus in Mary Grace Hansen, the youngest student to be enrolled at Rosarian starting in January.
The live baby Jesus appeared in the final song of the program, Silent Night, when 5-month-old Mary Grace Hansen was carried across the stage by her older brother Jack Hansen (a first grader playing Joseph), and had the entire audience in complete adoration. As Jesus lay in the manger, all that could be seen were tiny feet kicking in the air as snow fell onto the stage. The pageant was a joyous and beautiful portrayal of the true reason for the Christmas season.
The lower school pageant was produced and directed by Gay Dedo, with choreography by Jeanne Bennet and lights and sound by Robert Sherman.
ABOVE: Jack Hansen (left) and the Star of Bethlehem, played by kindergartener Max Hom, smile at Mary Grace Hansen.
