Lights! Camera! Christmas!

Book excerpt: (Expressive Art (Choral)). Grab your cameras! We're makin' a movie about the one and only Santa Claus but what style of movie fits the greatest elfin hero of all time? Thanks to a little help from Cecil B. DeGrille, Alfred Pitchfork, Steven Reelberg and a few other illustrious filmmakers, a young group of aspiring directors experience movie-making like never before, from Epic Extravaganza and Film Noir to Spaghetti Western and Super-hero-adventure film. Watch out, Hollywood! This musical offers options for a simple or elaborate production, including the choice of two endings and suggestions for producing your very own movie. We'll even show you how! Either way it will be a blockbuster! This 40-minute musical features six original songs and connecting script with over 50 speaking parts. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal song arrangements and choreography, script, helpful production guide and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value, the ready-to-use student books include songs and script, and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Available separately: Teacher Edition, Singer 5-Pak, Preview CD (with vocals & dialog), Preview Pak (1 singer book and 1 Preview CD), Preformance/Accompaniment CD, and Performance Kit/CD (Teacher, 20 Singer books and P/A CD). Approximate Performance Time: 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.