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at a Ge rmanway side shr ine; th eRu ssi anmadon naof
th e icon laud ed in a be au tif ulRu ssi an rec ita tive;an
Ir ish fam ily we lcomi ngth e Ho ly Fami ly,Who we re
at trac tedby their "c an dl e in th ewin dow"; and elfish
Czech ange lspr ep ar in g a pla cefor th e Chi ldand Hi s
Mot he r.Ameri ca,too, was repr es en ted by its earlies t
pe op le, as the chor algr ou psa ng th e seven tee nth cen
tu ry Hur on ca ro l, and Cec ilia Merin o, an Indian
mad onna ,san g a be au tif ullu lla byfrom th e en tra nc e
of he r wigw am. The final de pi ct ion showed OurLad y
of th e Natio ns , flanked by ad or er sfrom many land s
an d by co lo rfu l flags,symbol icof Her Qu eens hi pof
the ea rth .Thus did th e stu de nt -bod y, over one -hun
dr ed and fifty of wh om pa rti cipa ted in th e Pa ge an t
in vocal ,drama tic , or tec hnica lcap aci ty,ende av orto
dr aw al l hear ts to th e love of th e Go d-Man ,wh ich
giv es thetruesp iri t ofCh ris tmas .
Thi s was fo llowe d on Fe br ua ry 10 th, by THE
HOUROF DEC IS ION, in wh ich St. Th omasMor e
wa s de pic tedas giving his an swerto his "mos tde ar
daug ht er , Meg ". The final prod uc tio n of the yearwas
ANTIG ONE , given May 1st , and3r d.
THEALCALA PARK PLAYERSbeg an their ac
tiv iti es wi th a Re ad er's The at represen tat ionof a
WOMA NWRA PP EDIN SILENC E on Oc tob er
22nd , the Pr es iden t'sFea st Da y. Th en wo rk bega n
on the CHRI STMASPA GEANTOF THE NA
TIO NS . Thi s Seventh Annua l pre se nt at ion hi gh lig ht
ed th e dis tin cti veme lod ies and na tio na lcos tumes
th ro ug hwhich the pe op le of va rio us lan ds hav e
wor sh ippe d the Ch rist-C hil d an d celeb rat ed Hi s
Bi rth da y.After a reve rent po rtr ay alof the angel's
me ssage to the sh ephe rd sand a br illia nt Nat iv ity
scene, the Pa ge an tof th e Nat io nsrepr es en teddr a
ma tic all ythe Au str iancustomof th e Ad ventwreath,
while th e Cho ralCl ub accomp an ied th e sceneby sing
ing the ancie nt Ad vent hymn, "R or at eCo eli". Nar
rato rs repr es en tin gWes tern and So ut he rnEu rope ,
the Br itis h Isl es, the Ori en t,Nor th er nEu rope ,East
ern and Ce nt ra l Eu rope ,ap pe ar edon the scene as
Ch or al gr ou pand tax lea uxviv an tscom bin ed to de
pic t th e gay dan ces of Sp ai n; th e co lo rfulad or at ion
of flowers in Fran ce;the zest ofEngli shcaro lle rs and
charm of a Scot ch lul lab yto acc ompanythe en tra nc e
of a bewi tch ingScotch pl aid baby angel; the haun t
ing st ra in sand red -go ld rad ian ce of Our Lady of
Ch ina; a Swedi sh rin g-danc e;ch ild renwor sh ippi ng
THE BE TR AY AL : STANDIN G: Mol lyBr een, Lucy
Evans, Dan Wac ho wi ak ,Mi cke yCl iff or dan d Ch arl es
Tr ea se . KNEEL IN G : Ang el Bo cc hin o.