Colours of Christmas

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A brand new, fun packed Christmas show for children by Gawen Robinson and Stephen Robertson. This inspiring musical is filled with memorable songs, zany humour and a magical storyline in the tradition of all great children's adventure stories.

Available through Musicline publications on CD (including fully orchestrated, professional backing and sung tracks), libretto and piano\vocal score. This show includes many principle and chorus parts (see below) and is suitable for children (aged between 7 and 13) in schools and theatre groups. Colours of Christmas is a magical tale in the tradition of the great adventure stories like 'Alice in Wonderland', 'The lion , the witch and the wardrobe and 'The Wizard of Oz'. The plot includes is exciting and original with a zany sense of humour throughout. The songs are truely memorable and cover a wide range of moods and styles from the lively RAK TAK (put the kettle on) to the beatifully tender 'Tale of the blind hedgehog'. You will love this musical and your children will remember it forever.


	Colours of Christmas 1: Christmas time (*Currently Playing)* 2: The Grey Spell 3: Cor look at it. 4: The Colour of a different Boat. 5: The tale of the blind Hedgehog. 6: Merge with the Splurge 7: Song of the Minging King 8: The Song of the Grey 9: R.O.C.C 10: Everything is Grey 11: The true colours 12: RAK/TAK (Put the kettle on) 13: The colours against the King. 14: True colours (reprise) 15: Christmas Time (reprise)



			30 Plus Sing-along Christmas Carols... Available now through Musicline Publications


	30 Plus Sing-along Christmas Carols... Useful this Christmas Useful every Christmas This very useful CD contains the backing tracks to over 30 Christmas Carols. Also included is a book with all the lyrics to these carols for you to photocopy. The Carols are divided up into three sections. Traditional Hark the Herald, O Little Town, We Wish You A Merry Christmas etc Modern Little Drummer Boy, Little Donkey, Mary Had A Baby etc Popular Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, Rudolph, White Christmas etc You can use in Assembly or Concert or just as background music at Christmas time.


	Colours of Christmas Synopsis This musical is a colourful journey toward a colourful Christmas. The adventure begins when, amongst the shoppers, Millie admits to her brother Sam that she feels Christmas is not as colourful as it was. Unfortunately she declares her sentiments within earshot of two "Magical Makeover Marketeers" from the MMM (Magical Makeover Market). The triple "MMM", the marketeer's Manager and Grimkin, his servile assistant, comply with her apparent preference for a grey world by transporting Millie and Sam into Greyland. This is a world were both colour and Christmas are forbidden. Here they are met by the confusing "Guardians of the grey", Lon, Don, and Ron, whose job is to take all those that do not adhere to the grey world laws to King Ming, the odious ruler of Greyland. Other colour transgressors join them on the way. A blind Hedgehog guilty of thinking in colour, a Pelican who possesses a truly colourful character, and a cool Chameleon who can change the colour of himself. For his own reasons King Ming however does not care to have any colour in his domain and the Guardian's prisoners are marched, by his regimented Greylanders, into a darkened cell. It is here that a Band, (Rocky, Ozzie, Chic and Chad or R.O.C.C) who wish to restore colour and Christmas to a land, where a Greypole Dance has taken over, eventually rescue them. Harvard Hepstine, the Band's manager, who secretly plans a way of defeating the King and restoring the Greylings and Greyland to colourful normality, instructs everyone on how he sees the fight should go. Will his plans work? Will King Ming and his servant Grimkin hold sway? Will Millie and Sam get back to there own colourful Christmas? More importantly, can Millie sort out the true colours of her own emotions that began the adventure in the first place? Why don't you sing along to find out or at the very least, "put the kettle on"! (RAK/TAK)


	Reviews Taken from the 'Musicline' Website


	The Colours of Christmas Reviews: Adele Lowe 08-10-2004 This fun musical brings all the wonders of Christmas to life. The bright and vibrant songs and characters really make you realise just how fabulous Christmas is! A great musical for those little Christmas Angels! *** ----------------------- John Hepplewhite 04-11-2005 An excellent musical that truly captures the spirit of Christmas! * ---------------------- Melanie OBrien 05-06-2005 I did this play at christmas time last year.I was playing the part of millie, the songs were beautiful to the ear. And the melody for Everything was grey was also beautiful.An enjoyable play to watch and to be in. ** ----------------------		30+ Sing-along Christmas Carols Reviews: Steven Harslow 02-11-2004 Brilliant! *** ----------------------- Ruth Stewart 14-11-2005 Many thanks for sending the carol CD and book so quickly - very impressed by your super fast efficient service!Thanks again. *** -----------------------

Character List:

Main characters: ................Millie
.........................................................Sam

Villains :....................................Triple MMM / King Ming
........................................................Grimkin

Guardians of the Grey:....Lon
........................................................Don
........................................................Ron

Colourful characters:.......Pelican
........................................................Hedgehog
........................................................Chameleon

R.O.C.C.....................................Rocky
........................................................Ozzie
........................................................Chic
........................................................Chad

Manager:.................................Harvard Hepstine

Other characters:...............Millie and Sam's Mother
.......................................................Prison Guards
.......................................................The Greylings


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