The Sleepy Shepherd

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Words on Screen™ versions of songs so that you can display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn

Bethlehem is busy, busy, busy with preparations for the day of the approaching census. Watching the excitement and directing the crowds is a little soldier sent to Bethlehem by Caesar Augustus. He loves to organise everybody and thinks that nothing could be more important than being in charge. Flexibility to create an expandable library of Words on Screen™ song collections, nativities and musicals in your Out of the Ark online accountTo renew your Annual Peformance Licence, log into your account if you have one and go to your My Licences section. Busy, Busy Bethlehem is a simple and effective nursery nativity play written by Niki Davies. It tells the Christmas story from a new perspective – that of a busy Bethlehem soldier. So when Mary and Joseph arrive late, the little soldier is initially very cross, but something changes and he can't understand why. He forgets all about organising - could it be because a very special baby is about to be born? Extractable MP3s, printable lyrics, scores, scripts (including editable script*)& additional resources

Busy, Busy Bethlehem includes seven memorable songs and a charming narrative that will really bring the Christmas story to life for young children. A current Annual Performance Licence is required to perform a musical or nativity to an audience (other than to pupils & staff), including an online audience, and irrespective of whether admission charges are made.Archbishop Stephen said, "It is a great joy to invite children, parents and carers to come and listen to a Christmas story together. I have always loved the act of sitting down with my children, and now my grandson, and have thoroughly enjoyed the wide-eyed extravagant wonder of a tall tale." This means you can install our Words on Screen™ software onto ONE computer only, or it can be streamed by a single user. In many schools, performing an Out of the Ark nativity play has become a festive tradition. Our nativity plays and musicals for children have simple, often humorous scripts with adaptable parts to suit small or larger casts. All of the songs in our Christmas productions help to capture the magic of this special time of year. With nearly 60 nativity and Christmas musicals in our catalogue, there is sure to be one to suit your school to help you celebrate what is the most wonderful time of the year for children. The book reading will take place inside York Minster, at the Lady Chapel – please enter at the main entrance by the West Doors. The Lady Chapel will be adorned with Christmas trees decorated by local charities and organisations as part of York Minster’s second Christmas Tree Festival.

This collection of productions covers a variety of age ranges, hence different primary school age groups and early years pupils are all catered for.