Over 400 participated in Waikerie’s second year running Advent Pageant. There was a calmness in the air as the organising crew had already covered much of the ground last year and relaxed into their roles. Many more bystanders cheered the kids down the main street. I heard one mum tell the story of her neighbour excitedly encouraging her child that we should quickly run to see Santa, to which the 4 yr old responded even more excitedly, ‘No, I’m going to see baby Jesus’!!!.
It was especially good to see the year sixes and sevens who were too cool to dress up, get right into the celebrations at the end. There was a definite climax in the air as we lit the candles on the birthday cake and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. The event was covered by the local paper as well as the regional TV station. Our Federal MP and Mayor acted as the Inn keepers and also addressed the audience by introducing our three wise men who bought gifts to place under the giving tree followed by many students. These unperishable gifts of food were to be distributed to families in Christmas hampers by our local Anglicare branch.
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