Children’s Choir Performance: Acorns to Oaks

The Blue Ridge Children’s Choir will be performing Celeste Clydesale’s Acorns to Oaks as our spring musical, tentatively scheduled for Friday, June 10, 2011. This fun-to-sing musical teaches children about growing in Christ from acorns to mighty oaks of righteousness. (Isaiah 61:3 – “So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”)

As the children help Mr. MacDonald with his harvest, he teaches them the parable of the seed and the sower. When they’re visited by some mischievous crows and rumor weeds, they begin to understand that the best way to produce the fruit God desires in their lives is to plant their roots firmly in God’s Word.

All children ages 7 to 13 (as of January 1, 2011) are welcome to join the choir for this production. The musical contains 10 songs which the entire choir will be performing together with no auditions necessary. There will be auditions for speaking roles and solos, tentatively scheduled for March 30 and April 3. Every child in choir is welcome to audition.

Keep reading for complete details and how to participate!

To join this production, simply fill out the form below which includes an order for CDs and choral books. Each family should order at least 1 CD and choral book (you may choose to order more if you desire for each child in your family to have their own book or CD). CDs cost $6 each and choral books cost $8 each. Please submit your order form by Tuesday, March 8. Payment will be collected at a later date at choir, when the order arrives. (We will also be purchasing t-shirts for this production which will be ordered at a later date and should cost no more than $10 per child.)

Our rehearsal schedule will involve our regular Wednesday night rehearsals from 7 to 8 pm. In addition, the whole choir will need to be at two extra rehearsals during the week of the musical (technical and dress rehearsals). Choir members who receive speaking roles will have additional acting rehearsals either before or after choir on Wednesday nights (for example, either from 6 to 7 pm or 8 to 9 pm).

Acorns to Oaks is an excellent opportunity for your children to learn more about growing in Christ, advance their musical and artistic skills, and hide God’s Word in their heart through memorable songs they will love to sing!