HELP ME CHOOSE A CHRISTMAS MUSICAL

Help Me Choose

A Christmas Musical

Your guide to the best Kathie Hill musical for your kids best Christmas!

HELP ME CHOOSE A CHRISTMAS MUSICAL!!

Choosing the right musical for your kids can seem daunting ¨C because it is! You want to provide your

children and church with a worshipful, but entertaining experience that leads their thoughts to the Christ

of Christmas. So start by stopping. Stop now to pray. Ask for wisdom.

After your ¡°Amen,¡± look through this list of available Kathie Hill programs and musicals. Each is written

to be within the abilities of most 1st ¨C 5th graders, although some directors choose to include children as

young as five and/or as old as middle and high school, especially for speaking parts. Each product

suggests appropriate grade levels and are listed in order of release.

(Classics) - musicals previously out of print, but now available in digital and/or physical product

(Digital) - all product available immediately through licensed digital downloads @

(POD) ¨C musicals with ¡°Print On Demand¡± books we keep in stock (call or email for time sensitive orders)

(Mixed) ¨C product available in both physical and digital formats

(Preview Sampler) ¨C free PDF & mp3 download of music & edited listening CD for preview purposes only.

Song samples are available for all musicals on their product page.

WAM! 4 Kids 4 Christmas (Digital)

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Christmas is a time for all kinds of worship

1st ¨C 8th

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Bare stage or w/Christmas props made by kids in optional worship arts groups

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Street clothes or WAM! 4 Kids 4 Christmas t-shirts (available upon demand)

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Unison/2 part

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Easy to challenging

Free Musical Script at -other drama options in Worship Arts Activities

From 3 - 15 depending on Drama option/s chosen

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Up to 20 depending on number of songs chosen

Options that kids can produce in Media track activities

Drums & tambourines kids can make in Instrument track activities

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30 - 45 minutes depending on number of songs and drama options

Art, Dance, Drama, Instruments, Media & Vocal activities are available online.

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Christmas starts in the Old Testament and ends in the New Testament

1st - 8th Grades

Present day stage or sanctuary

Optional nativity costumes and Christmas in Reverse t-shirts (available upon demand)

Unison/2 part with one 3-part round

Easy to challenging

Simple narrations, read or memorized, simple stage action

5 children plus 3-4 adults or children & non-speaking nativity characters

Minimum of 10

Instructional/Movement DVD includes Come and Worship Jesus ACC video

35 minutes

Musical and Spiritual activities are included in the Director¡¯s Aide & Video (DAV)

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Kids can learn and love carols as well as contemporary Christmas songs

1st - 8th Grades with teen/adult/senior adult SOCCER Team members

Present day hall or rehearsal room decorated for Christmas

Adults - Christmas clothes; Kids - soccer jerseys (available upon demand)

Unison/2 part

Easy

Easy

5-10 Children / 3 Adult characters

minimum of 7

45 minutes

Musical and Spiritual activities are included in the Director¡¯s Aide & Video (DAV).

Christmas in Reverse (POD)

The Christmas S.O.C.C.E.R. Team (POD)

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The Best of Kathie Hill¡¯s Christmas

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14 songs in 3 mini-musicals

Various Christmas themes

1st- 5th Grade

1) Street scene, 2) Bible times, 3) Heaven

Main character costumes appropriate to each setting

Unison/2-part

Easy

3 easy scripts included in choral book.

3 ¨C 7 depending on choice of mini-musical/s

2 ¨C 9 depending on choice of mini-musical/s

15 -20 minutes each

Operation Christmas Child (POD)

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Based on the shoe box ministry of Samaritan's Purse

Christmas is a time for sharing with those around the world you need Christ.

1st grade and up with several songs easy enough for preschoolers

Fort Faithful, home of Special Forces Unit 12-25

Camo or green t-shirts and pants

Unison/2-part

Easy

Easy to challenging w/some broad characters & stage action

9 characters, plus several narrations

Minimum of 10 solos

Wanda Fullweather¡¯s Forecast; Instructional/Movement DVD includes

OCC video w/Franklin Graham

45 minutes

Musical and Spiritual activities are included in the Director¡¯s Aide & Video (DAV).

The MK Christmas Special (POD)

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Christmas is celebrated differently & meaningfully by missionary kids around the world

1st grade and up with several songs easy enough for preschoolers

Talk show set-up, decorated for Christmas

Christmas clothes and simple biblical costumes or props

Unison/2-part

Easy

Read or memorized, simple to no stage action

15-30 with optional adult parts

Minimum of 9

Instructional/Movement DVD includes 6 Missionary Kid videos featuring six different

countries

50 minutes (if all six countries are included)

Musical and Spiritual activities included in downloadable Director¡¯s Aide & Video (DAV).

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The Messiah¡¯s birth brings hope to the hopeless and joy to the world!

3rd ¨C 8th grade & up with opportunities for younger kids in specific songs

Divided stage with outdoor census, shepherd¡¯s field & manger

Street clothes with ¡°Bibli-cool¡± accessories

Unison/2part

Easy

Simple with minimal blocking

3 or more band members; Joyce, Mary & Joe and 8 other characters / speakers

4 character solos, 2 additional solos

35 minutes

Lesson Plans are available as free download on product page.

A Band of Shepherds (Classics/Preview Sampler)

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The Christmas Family Tree (POD)

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Everyone can be adopted into Jesus¡¯ family tree, found in Matthew 1.

1st and up, w/some songs or choruses easy enough for preschoolers

Outdoor or indoor setting with large Christmas tree as focal point

Winter or Christmas clothes

Unison/2-part

Easy

Easy

Minimum of 7 with optional adult parts

Minimum of 14

35 minutes

Musical and Spiritual activities are included in the downloadable Dovetailor pages.

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Like the Egyptians, we are lost but can find Jesus when we receive Him like a child.

1st -6th with places for younger kids to participate, exit & return

Egyptian setting ¨C four scenes with moveable props

Egyptian clothing and biblical clothing

Minimum of 9 with one toddler part and optional adult parts

Minimum of 14

Unison/2-part

Easy

Easy

Minimum of 14

45 minutes

Musical and Spiritual activities are included in the downloadable Dovetailor pages.

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The ¡°fear not¡± message started with Jesus¡¯ birth and continues forever!

1st grade and up with several songs easy enough for preschoolers

Minimum of 5

Heaven

White sweats or tee shirts with optional DBAB logo (available on demand)

Minimum of 10

Unison/2-part

Easy

Easy, little to no blocking

minimum of 14

35 minutes

Musical and Spiritual activities are included in the downloadable Dovetailor pages.

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Everyone needs and can receive a new heart for Christmas.

1st ¨C 6th grades

Maximum of 14 with non-speaking nativity characters

Dr. Newheart's clinic

Christmas clothes, medical garb for characters

Unison/2 part

Easy

Multiple comic characters for children, teens and/or adults

6-10, including character solos, spoken solos & raps

45 minutes

Worksheets, puzzles and games are included in the downloadable Singer¡¯s Edition.

Christmas in Egypt (POD)

The Don¡¯t Be Afraid Brigade (Mixed/Free Preview Sampler)

Dr. Newheart¡¯s Christmas Cure (Classics/Free Preview Sampler)

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Wise Guys & Starry Skies (Classics/Free Preview Sampler)

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1st ¨C 6th grades

7 characters

A desert in the Middle East, then Bethlehem

Biblical dress, optional cowboy garb, aprons &/or hats for chorus kids

Unison/2 part

Easy

3 kings, 2 kid characters, Mary & Joseph

Minimum 6

45 minutes

Like the wise men, everyone should find and worship Jesus.

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It is more blessed to give than receive.

1st - 5th Grades

Inside King Wenceslas¡¯ castle

Girls: long dresses, Boys: poster board breast plates

Unison/2part

Easy

Simple, minimal blocking ¨C characters played by kids, teens or adults

King Wenceslas, Friar, Princess Wences, 4 ladies-in-waiting,

2 knights, peasant boy & jokers, opt. nativity characters

7 solos

Wenceslas, Princess Wences, 3 non-character solos

Optional recorder/s on ¡°It is More Blessed to Give Than Receive¡±

30 minutes

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Like the angels, we learn Jesus came as a baby so everyone could love Him.

1st ¨C 6th grade w/several songs/choruses for preschoolers

Heaven

Simple angel costumes (pattern included in Director¡¯s Book)

Unison/2part

Easy

Simple, minimal blocking ¨C use kids, teens, and/or adults

Minimum of 4

Minimum of 5

50 minutes

Worksheets, puzzles and games are included in the Singer¡¯s /Activity Book.

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Every Christmas ornament can be a symbol of God¡¯s love.

K ¨C 5th

The Christmas Factory (instructions included in Director¡¯s Book)

Street clothes with optional work aprons

Unison/2 part

Charmingly simple songs made big with great orchestrations

Easy with some character blocking

2 adult/child leads, 6 ornament kids or puppets, many ¡°kid lines¡±

6 with optional solos in Carol Medley

40 minutes

Good King Wenceslas (Classics)

Angels Aware!

The One & Only Original Christmas Factory (Classics)

(Variations of these listings appear on each product page at along with song

samples, preview videos, reviews and/or downloadable mp3 and pdf preview samplers.)

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