NGU Skyliner

Samantha Mayo
Staff Writer

The North Greenville University theatre department will be helping students get into the Christmas spirit through an evening of fun, laughter, entertainment and music. At 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, 21 and Dec. 1, the NGU theatre department will be presenting the musical comedy A Sanders Family Christmas.

A Sanders Family Christmas is the sequel to the popular musical Smoke on the Mountain. A Sanders Family Christmas is set in Mount Pleasant, N.C. in 1941. In the play, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and the Sanders family gather to enjoy the Christmas spirit before sending their boys off to fight in World War II.

“We’re a family that is putting on a show for a church, so it’s a performance of a performance. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” said Thomas Sieberhagen, freshman theatre, who plays the character of Dennis Sanders.

The play features more than two dozen carols and Christmas songs, including energetic bluegrass melodies and a cappella performances of “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Away in a Manger.” The catchy songs and humorous Christmas tales will keep the audience laughing and singing along from start to finish.

The cast for A Sanders Family Christmas includes Kyle Stelling, junior theatre; Bethany Sarazen, senior theatre; Thomas Sieberhagen, freshman theatre; Angie Toole, senior theatre; and Lindsay Furrow, sophomore theatre.

Faculty members Dale Savidge and Andy Stevens will also be featured in the production.

In addition to the NGU cast, the Young Appalachian Musicians will be making an appearance.

“They’re children the ages of eight to 12 or 13 and they are incredible. We have four of them playing with us and they are going to do a song by themselves…It’s brilliant,” Sieberhagen said.

For students looking for hearty laughs, good music and a taste of Christmas cheer, A Sanders Family Christmas fits the bill.

For the added bonus of cultural event credit, students should bring a current student ID with them to Turner Chapel for the performance.

Tags: Fall 2009, Vol. 109 - Issue 10

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