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A New Way to Watch Christmas Programs

Usually, leading up to Christmas break, we have a number of programs to attend - piano recital, grade school program, band concerts, the church Christmas Eve program.  This year, of course, we didn't actually 'attend' any of these.  Instead, the teachers and leaders worked hard to provide video performances.  This meant we watched all the programs from the comfort of our living room!  We actually enjoyed this quite a bit, but we were mindful of the fact that this would have been Delaney's last elementary school Christmas program, and of course, the sound through video is just not the same as actually being there.  Nevertheless, we were grateful for the efforts of all who made the video performances possible!

Delaney's class had a graduation 'ceremony' from the LEAD program - an anti-drug curriculum they had been working through all semester.  Quinli, Claire, and Delaney were chosen to do a little presentation as part of the ceremony.  They worked hard on creating a game show with some facts they had learned throughout the fall.  I was able to watch this through Youtube on the last day of school before break.  They did a fantastic job!


Officer Aaron
She graduated!

The grade school Christmas program was choir-only.  Unfortunately, because of Covid, the 5th graders haven't had full-band yet.  Delaney is in the far left upper corner.
The High School band concert:
A first:  watching the Christmas Eve program while eating supper - no dressing up fancy or rushing to church to find good seats.  There were several individuals who put in hours of work putting a video together for the service.  We were so grateful that they made this work, and the Junior High Christmas story movie was exceptionally done!  While this was all ok for one year, I will look forward to seeing a full church in candlelight again next year (hopefully)!

Delaney was part of a chime choir - they learned and performed
the song in 45 minutes (far right)!
The 2 year olds showed up for "Away in a Manger"
The kids even had their sharing time.  Delaney submitted
a video of herself playing "Deck the Halls."



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