Christmas County Spelling Bee

On Sunday, the children performed their Christmas Musical "The Christmas County Spelling Bee". It was a precious play where the children had to spell the different names for Jesus as part of a Spelling Bee. The contestants were competing to see who would win and get to be in the county nativity scene. Micah played the part of Ferris Whyler the nerdy, brainiac and Savanna was Mrs. Foster the pronouncer who gave the kids their words to spell.

Micah had a mild panic attack right before the play started because he was afraid everyone would think that he really was a nerd and that he really dressed that way. We tried to reassure him that, of course, no one thought he was a nerd. My mom was finally able to calm his fears with a wonderful pep talk about how people only win academy awards when they play a part that is SO vastly different than who they really are. He finally calmed down and did a great job but I think he may be a little disappointed when he realizes you can't actually get nominated for an academy for your performance in a church play.




Kailyn and Kamiya ready for the show!



Some of our wonderful, dedicated directors...



Jessica, Kitty, and Angela.

Morgan was Beatrice "Bee" Beasley

Jackson and Chase

Chase was hilarious with his part. He was asked to spell Yahweh. The pronouncer defined the word and explained that long ago in Hebrew worship this title was considered so holy that they wouldn't even speak it. Chase then said "If they weren't even allowed to say it, are you sure I should be spelling it?"

Micah spelling "EVERLASTING FATHER"
Kenzie was one of the cheerleaders that cheered the contestants on and Elizabeth was the Spelling Bee Commentator

Savanna, the Pronouncer, and Zoe, the Judge of the Bee.

Here's the gang chillin out and getting a little snack between dress rehearsal and the BiG performance.

We had to have a moment to get all our sillies and wiggles out!

No good children's musical would be complete without a few distractions like the inevitable potty break right in the middle of the show or the infamous nose-picker. Not only did these kiddos have to contend with these distractions, but someone in the audience actually fainted during the play. He is fine now, but it was pretty scary and definitely distracting for the kids. They were real troopers and nobody missed a beat! I don't think adults would have done so well!

The Spelling Bee came down to two contestants... Micah and Madeline.

For the tie breaker they had to secretly write the word "Emmanuel" on a piece of paper. Whoever spelled it correctly would be the winner.

Since there are two correct ways to spell the word, they were both declared WINNERS and chosen to be the Mary and Joseph for the county nativity.

While Brian took the stage and explained the plan of salvation, the children went backstage for a costume change and reappeared a few minutes later in their nativity costumes ready to sing a few more songs.

Spencer and Jackson were eyeing this microphone in front of them and even made an attempt at an impromptu solo. It was just so dog gone tempting!

Way to go kids! You did an awesome job sharing the gospel in a fun and VERY entertaining way!