2021 Christmas List

January 4, 2022

COVID.

That pretty much summarizes the last two years.

I’m still living on Regency Place (since 1976!) and enjoying my sunroom (which is where the Christmas tree is), and Lindsay is still living at Rose Hill. She is still Office Administrator at Senior Services of Alexandria, a non-profit in Old Town (12 years in Sept.), and she is indispensable in working with me for 3 of my 4 choirs at Bethany. I’ve just finished my TWELFTH year of ‘retirement’…hard to believe. Hemphill Editing (www.hemphillediting.com, linda@hemphillediting.com) is doing pretty well, with many repeat and referral clients, and I’m still working at Bethany Lutheran (nearly 24 years). Lindsay is back with the Columbia Flute Choir after a year off. We are going to only ONE Caps game this year, on my birthday. I still accompany the Arlington Children’s Chorus and teach music to the Kindergarten class at Bethany. Everything else is still shut down.

                Here are the highlights, in chronological order (I’m not listing all the rehearsals, services, concerts!): In January, we did ‘movie days’ on January 1 & 2 and went out to lunch for my birthday. I got my first COVID shot. In March, I got my second COVID shot, and we observed the first anniversary of when the world essentially closed on 3/13. Lindsay was hospitalized again for kidney issues, and it was determined that she will have to undergo dialysis. In April, I begin the process of re-financing and Lindsay got her first Covid shot. In May, Lindsay had her second Covid vaccine shot and her first pre-dialysis surgery to implant a fistula in her arm.  In June, we had another ‘movie day’, plus I had some annual tests. In July, we went to Wolf Trap to see a concert version of “Sweeney Todd”…we both cried when we heard the live orchestra warming up! I did the annual church planning. We also drove to/from Radford for lunch and to see the new “Hemphill Hall”! FINALLY closed on my re-financing!

                In August, I did the music for Vacation Bible School, and we watched the Olympics. For Lindsay’s birthday, we saw the Aretha Franklin tribute “Respect” plus “Free Guy” and went to lunch at the Macaroni Grill! We also went to Ocean City for snacks! Later we were at Wolf Trap again for a showing of the original “Star Wars” but with the National Symphony playing the music ‘live’…fabulous! In September, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 uterine cancer and had a radical hysterectomy. Lindsay covered my church job for 3 weeks, although my recovery was VERY easy. (I stayed at Woodbine Rehab for a few days….we had planned that because we didn’t know the recovery would be easy!) In October, I learned from my surgeon that some of the cancer cells had likely escaped, and I would need chemo and radiation. In celebration of that news, we went to see “No Time To Die” at the movies. Later, I got a Medi-Port installed in my chest for the chemo treatments. We also had a special visit from the Bradke family!

                In November, I got my COVID booster shot and one horriblehorriblehorrible chemo treatment….I lost 18 pounds in 12 days and was in constant pain. I told the surgeon I was NOT having any more chemo, and he agreed but said I had to have radiation, and I agreed. My hair began falling out, so I had my head shaved and started wearing hats. On Thanksgiving weekend, Lindsay, along with Sue and Mico DeAngel, surprised me with a Christmas tree (I had decided I was too drained to have one)! That same weekend, the Lester family visited, and Jay did all my handyman chores! AND we went to see “Sing 2”! In December, I got ‘mapped’ for radiation, and the first of 25 treatments began Dec. 27. Lindsay set up a Sign-Up Genius for folks to drive me….parking at the hospital takes 3 times as long as the procedure….and all 25 slots were soon filled! Lindsay had her second pre-dialysis surgery on the 9^th…..they made her go to a hospital in Maryland, and she had to be there at 6 a.m.! Fortunately, Carrie from church offered to drive her there, and Betty Siegel (Roger Oliver’s wife….from Singers) drove her home the next day. On the 19^th, we saw “West Side Story”, which was wonderful. New Year’s Eve we had a lovely lunch at the City Kitchen in West End Village. On New Year’s Day, we stayed safely at home. Cousin Willi called me from Belgium, and I started this letter!

One positive thing we learned during this impossible year:  PEOPLE ARE AMAZING. There was no shortage of folks offering to help and do things for us and going out of their way to do them! Also, Lindsay’s Facebook posts brought messages from people we hadn’t heard from in years….decades, even…..which was wonderful.

We love getting your cards, letters, and photos! (Also, please send me your e-mail address!...to linda.hemphillediting@gmail.com.)

Here’s to a better 2022!

 

Linda & Lindsay  

 

The happy faces of 2 musicians hearing Live music
after 1 ½ years!

Lindsay in front of “her” building at Radford University!

Mom with her Christmas tree!
(Sorry it's sideways, I didn't have the energy to figure out how to fix it)

On the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ!

Caps' Playoffs thoughts

Please forgive me, as I just have a few thoughts I need to share.....and my thoughts may be a bit disjointed. I'm not editing (sorry Mom).

So, I’ve been going to Caps games since I was 5 (1984-85 season). I’ve absolutely grown up going to games. Mom would also use games as a teaching experience. She would use Caps’ players numbers to teach me my multiplication table. Example: I’d have to know that Cote times Hatcher would equal Bondra. When I was younger, she would send me to get concessions (during the game, because the concourse was sometimes unsafe during intermissions) to teach me to make change. However, I would often come back with both the food AND the money! She would ask me, “What happened?!” I would respond with, “They said I was cute!”  I also learned what to do if a fight broke out (put your back to the wall and just start walking…..mostly used when the Flyers came to town). 

All of this to say: I’ve seen a ton of Caps history! I know we were there for “The Game”….though I slept through part of it and we had to leave early (Mom had Easter services the next morning). More recently, we were at the Winter Classic at Nats Park, the Stadium Series at Navy Field, and …..the 1998 Playoff run.

During the 1997-98 season, I was in Radford for my freshman year of college, so I wasn’t really involved during the regular season. I couldn’t be! The internet barely existed and they weren’t going to show all the Caps games in Radford. So, when I came home, I went to the playoff games with my Mom. It was the first season in the new arena (then, MCI Center), we were up in the 400s, and I wanted them to do well. But since I hadn’t experienced the entire year, I wasn’t invested. 

This year is different!

As I said earlier, I’ve always been a Caps fan. However, about 10 or 12 years ago, I really got into them even more. Part of it was because I had been done with college for a few years and I was a little more settled in life. Also, the internet was better and I could do more research and watch more games. Also, I found the wonderful site RMNB (russianmachineneverbreaks.com).  All of a sudden, it wasn’t just a random group of guys….they had families, they had personalities! They were real people. The addition of those little details made all the difference and I fell in love with this team all over again.

Most years (in the Ovie era), during the playoffs, I’m always cautiously optimistic. I am a naturally “glass is half full” kind of girl. So, I was always nervous, but I believed in my guys. I’d have that gnawing feeling in my stomach, but I hoped they’d do well. But that gnawing feeling was deep in my stomach. This year is different! 20 years ago, I was sitting next to Mom as we passed each round. She would be jumping up and down and crying. Meanwhile, I’d be laughing at her because I wasn’t invested. Now, it’s me crying all over the place because of this beautiful team.  But I haven't had that feeling in the pit of my gut....at all! (I' will be re-evaluating my gut when the Stanley Cup Finals start next week!)

All this to say: I have always been a Caps fan, I will always be a Caps fan. And no matter what happens, I will always love this team and support them!

LET’S GO CAPS! #ALLCAPS #ItsOKtoBelieve

2016 Christmas Letter

Hey everybody, I know I never post in here and I know it's been 4 years since my last post, but I'll try and be better about that this year (no promises, though)! :) Anyway, below is my Mom's famed Christmas letter, which sums up our 2016. Enjoy!
-L-

January 10, 2017

                OK, so I didn’t make the Epiphany deadline, but the SEASON of Epiphany lasts until March 1, so….  I’m still living on Regency Place (40 years!) and enjoying my sunroom (which is where the Christmas tree is), and Lindsay is still living at Rose Hill. She’s still working as Administrative Assistant (7^th anniversary in Sept.) at Senior Services of Alexandria, a non-profit in Old Town, and she is indispensable in working with me for my children’s choirs at Bethany (I pay her in hockey tickets!). I have now been ‘retired’ for SEVEN years…hard to believe. Hemphill Editing (www.hemphillediting.com, linda @ hemphillediting. com) is doing well, with many repeat clients, I get some work from ScienceDocs.com and Enago. I’m still working at Bethany Lutheran (nearly 19 years) and am in my eighth full ‘season’ as Accompanist for The Alexandria Singers. Lindsay has returned to the Columbia Flute Choir (playing the sub-contra bass flute….2 ½ octaves lower than the “normal” flute), which played at the White House again in December, and we go to Caps games faithfully! And I’m still taking lots of drugs for various ailments…better living through chemistry.

                Sadly, in  2016, we lost too many friends: Reilly Lewis, one of the great musicians of our time; Fran Vaughn, a charter member of Virginia Bronze (community bell choir); Kathy Langley (long-time member of my choir at Bethany); Jerry Lucas (long-time member of Bethany…his wife, Lois, rang and sang in my choirs); Erika Grant Poindexter (college friend of Lindsay’s…yes, too young);  Virginia Flanagan (long-time member of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian); Diana Beveridge Cade (we sang together in the great Epiphany choir with Garnell all those years ago);  Richard Cauthers, Sr. (a long-time member of Bethany); and Steven Herren  (age 24…REALLY too young…his mother Sheri worked with me at IADR for many years…that was the only good thing, seeing my former co-workers again for the first time since I retired). We also celebrated the life of Wayne Miller, who died in late 2015. He and his wife Debbie had been our friends since I came to DC to go to college in 1962.  I played for their wedding, and Lindsay and I played for his memorial.

                On a happier note, there was also good stuff in 2016. Even though I had to pay sopranos to sing in the choir (two per Sunday, $50 each….and that money is now in the church budget!...AND it has shamed some folks in the congregation to step up!), the usual church events went well…highlighted by Easter and Christmas, the VIC Choir Festival, and the children’s musical (“Jesse’s Boy”…another version of David and Goliath). I continued doing accompanying/teaching with Roger Oliver at Yorktown High School in Arlington. Roger retired at the end of the school year, but his successor contacted me, and I’m still playing there and at Williamsburg Middle School, and I still love it (this is my 7^th year)!

                Here are the highlights, in chronological order: hockey and blizzard in January, Lindsay took another class, video editing, at AIM (Arlington Independent Media); hockey and The Alexandria Singers Winter Cabaret in February; hockey and  the Singers’ “Sing for Your Life” workshop in March, a concert at the Kennedy Center in honor of Gar Whaley (band director at Bishop Ireton when Lindsay was there) (also March), and the Hemphill & Hemphill Flute & Piano Duo performed for the annual Gala held by Senior Services of Alexandria at the Mark Center Hilton (also in March), plus Holy Week and Easter;  was an organ sub at Prince of Peace in Springfield once a month (when the praise team had the service at Bethany), about six months; hockey, Lindsay’s big concert, “Musical Whiplash!” (it’s on YouTube! https://youtu.be/IsNH-H1O5Js or look it up!...and Musical Whiplash 2.0 is coming in 2018!), the Singers performed an April Fools’ comcert at the Durant Center, we saw Chanticleer at the Seminary, and replaced the water line to the house in April; hockey and a baby shower in May, plus my Allelu Singers’ annual Road Trip with the musical; a concert by Harry Connick, Jr. at Wolf Trap in June, plus I played for Yorktown’s graduation at Constitution Hall), we went to see Star Wars at the Verizon Center, plus Singers’ shows (at George Washington Masonic Memorial and Fort Ward Park).

                In July, we went to Caps’ Development Camp, I did the music for Vacation Bible School at Bethany (sang 250 songs in a week), did my annual 12 months’ worth of planning for the 2016-2017 “season” at church,  and saw the latest “Star Trek”; in August we watched a lot of the Olympics, saw a friend perform in “Oliver”, saw “West Side Story” at Little Theatre of Alexandria, saw Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins’ (an excellent movie!), and spent a few days with Lindsay in Ocean City in the new apartment from last year (she did the whole week, which included her birthday, and some friends visited, plus she stopped in Philly on the way  home to visit her friend Natala); in September, everything started up again and we each saw a World Cup preview game at the Verizon Center; in October, it was my favorite month because the Caps and the Nationals were  both playing!, also, we went to my 50th Class Reunion at American University (I even got a medal!), so I am now a Golden Eagle (it was a great weekend…lunch on Friday and a terrific a cappella concert on Sunday); on one Saturday in November, we went to Radford for lunch, and it turned out to be Founders’ Day for Lindsay’s professional fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon, so we went to the concert, which was really good (3.5 hours down, 3.5 hours there, and 3.5 hours back! Fun!). Then came December (6 Singers’ performances, 9 church services, 21 rehearsals, Columbia Flute Choir at the White House, flute/piano duo playing for City Lunch for the Aging, saw a friend in “A Christmas Carol” at Little Theatre of Alexandria, and 4 Caps games)!

                We have loved getting your cards, letters, and photos, and I owe some of you at least a call! (Also, please send me your e-mail address!...to linda.hemphillediting@gmail.com.)

Linda & Lindsay 

Linda in her senior yearbook! Linda with her 50th reunion class! Lindsay with some of her best friends in Ocean City, NJ Lindsay (far right) with the Columbia Flute Choir in the East Room of the White House.

2013 Christmas Letter

December 28, 2013

Greetings!  Had a ‘window of opportunity’ today, and I’m taking it!  I’m still living on Regency Place and GREATLY enjoying my sunroom (that’s where the Christmas tree is!), and Lindsay is still living at Rose Hill. She’s still working as Administrative Assistant at Senior Services of Alexandria, a non-profit in Old Town. I have now been retired for FOUR years…hard to believe. Hemphill Editing (www.hemphillediting.com, linda@hemphillediting.com) is doing quite well, with many repeat clients, but most of my work comes from SAGE Publications, ScienceDocs.com, and Enago (www.enago.com, part of Crimson Limited), as well as doing random editing from the IADR and other sources. I’m still working at Bethany Lutheran (nearly 16 years), and am in my fifth full ‘season’ as Accompanist for The Alexandria Singers. Lindsay’s still in the Columbia Flute Choir, and we went to Caps games the minute the lockout was over!  And I’m still taking lots of drugs for various ailments…better living through chemistry.

All of the usual church events went well…highlighted by Easter and Christmas, VIC Choir Festival, Choral Evensong, the Tenth Annual Sounds Sweet handbell dessert concert, and the children’s musical (“Daniel, Chapter Six”…look it up!). My Trinity Handbells split a concert with The Metropolitan Chorus in Arlington in December and we were very well-received! I continued doing some accompanying/teaching with Roger Oliver at Yorktown High School in Arlington, and I still love it! It’s just a couple of mornings a week, and not every week, but it is great fun. Lindsay still has her ‘modest flute studio’ ….and she still likes it!

December featured 14 rehearsals, 14 church services, 4 major concerts, 4 minor concerts, Lindsay performing at the White House (with the Columbia Flute Choir), both of us on stage at the Kennedy Center for the annual “Messiah” Sing-along, which featured Lindsay’s Radford friend Paige Kenley as the mezzo soloist, and a couple of holiday parties!

Other miscellaneous events included The Alexandria Singers Winter and Fall Cabarets, June concerts, and other random area performances. Also, Hemphill & Hemphill Flute & Piano Duo performed for the annual Gala held by Senior Services of Alexandria at the Mark Center Hilton.

The year began with Lindsay flying to San Francisco courtesy of her friend Natala. She had a wonderful time!  Also in January I was recognized by the Washington Capitals as a 25-year Season Ticket-holder! I couldn’t go to the game where the ‘ceremony’ took place (had to play for a funeral), but Lindsay and her friend Marc (from Pennsylvania) went, watched the game from a suite (!),and  went onto the ice to accept a framed jersey with “Hemphill 25” on it . It currently hangs in the sunroom, right next to the Christmas tree!

In February, we went to Richmond to hear Pentatonix (winners of last year’s “The Sing-Off” on NBC). They are awesome in person! In March, my cousin Willi visited from Belgium (my mom’s brother’s son), and we had a great time. In April, Lindsay gave a recital, “Hymns of the Faith 2”, at her father’s church in Arlington. Joining her was her elementary and junior high band director, Barbara Shearer, who is a wonderful oboist. We really enjoyed working on this program. Barbara said this is the first time she has ever collaborated with a former student! In April, we saw a ‘different’ staging of “The Wizard of Oz” at Yorktown High School….quite of few of ‘my’ kids from Madrigals were in the cast, and it was an excellent production. In May we added the National Lutheran Home in Rockville, MD, as a destination for a performance by two of Bethany’s bell choirs, the King’s Ringers (children ages 6-11) and Trinity Handbells (youth and adults). They asked us back for this year!  Also in May, Lindsay and I participated in the PBS “StoryCorps” program, where Lindsay basically interviewed me about my life, and we got a few of my ‘stories’ on tape for posterity!  Oh, also in May I had my bathtub taken out and a lovely walk-in shower installed….my mobility isn’t going to get any better, after all! In June, we saw the New Kids on the Block at the Verizon Center….people laugh at me, but I love their music! They do a GREAT show! They were touring with 98 Degrees (Nick Lachey’s group) and Boyz II Men (with Shawn Stockman). We also caught up with my college friend (and Lindsay’s godmother) Barbara Kurtzig, who was just back from visiting her son Josh and his family in China. We didn’t do a music camp at church in the summer, and our Michigan choral festival took a year off, so summer was a little less cluttered than usual! However, I did my annual 12 months’ worth of planning for the 2013-2014 “season” at church.

In July, Lindsay acquired a new boyfriend (online), Nate Young. He works for the DEA and lives about halfway between Lindsay’s apt. and my house. He has been introduced to a whole new work of music, rehearsals, concerts, shows, and hockey games!

In August, we saw “Avenue Q” at the Little Theatre of Alexandria. It’s a good show, but it’s best to be prepared before you go!  We went to the American Idol show at the Patriot Center the day before I left for my annual two weeks at the Jersey shore. The Hemphill Editing laptop was put to good use, since I was able to work at the shore….it doesn’t seem as much like work there, somehow!  Lindsay was able to spend one week, and she brought Nate up for a weekend.  Also in August, Lindsay and I went to the Gala Closing Concert at the Performing Arts Institute (formerly Encore Music Camp) in Kingston, Pennsylvania. It was the first I’d been back for about 10 years, and it was wonderful….very nostalgic.  While we were at the shore, we saw an excellent production of “Peter Pan” (with flying!) featuring a friend of Lindsay’s from New York.   On August 29, Lindsay and I and some of my ringers were part of a group of about 550 handbell ringers who performed the National Anthem for the Washington Nationals ballgame at Nationals Park.  Look it up on YouTube! It was fantastic! (Just search on handbells national anthem Washington Nationals!)

In September we saw “Miss Saigon” at Signature Theatre in Arlington….a superb performance, and still powerful even after all these years. We also saw “Potted Potter” at Sidney Harman Hall….a hysterical production by two guys doing all 7 Harry Potter books in one show! Lindsay and Marc also went to Caps Convention to kick off the season. In October we saw the “So You Think You Can Dance” tour show in Virginia Beach….and drove home afterward (4 hours each way! Aargh!)! But it was worth it! In November we saw James Galway with the Irish Chamber Orchestra at the George Mason Performing Arts Center. He is a truly gifted flutist. Lindsay never knows whether to start practicing again or give up her instrument altogether every time she hears him!

I was quietly at home for New Year’s…I’m very dull! …watching the NHL Winter Classic on TV (it’ll be HERE next year!) and marking bell parts!

Love (and send me your e-mail address!),

Linda & Lindsay 

Church musicals list from 1985-2013! Enjoy!

Below are lists of productions at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church and Bethany Lutheran Church (MVPC is first)...This is quite the list and trip down memory lane! Feel free to share memories! :)

MVPC Production Log

(No bulletins for 1985, but I’m pretty sure I was at MVPC then.)

Dec. 24, 1986 –                  Pinkham “Christmas Cantata” (part of pre-service)

April 16, 1987 –                  Fauré “Requiem” (movements scattered throughout Maundy Thursday service; combined choirs, MVPC + HPC; string ensemble)

May 31, 1987 –                  “It’s Cool in the Furnace”

                                                Daniel – David Neidlinger

                                                Nebuchadnezzar – Kevin Neidlinger

                                                Shadrach – Chipper Morrison

                                                Meshach – Hynson Marvel

                                                Abednego – Sean Neidlinger

                                                People of Jerusalem: Sims Banes, Christen Baxa, Katie Baxa, Jenny Felch, John Felch, Kelly Frady, Mary Jo Hale, Lindsay Hemphill, Katie

Martinez, Francoise Marvel, Arlene McCallum, Meg McKinnon, Renee Molina, Becky Morrison, Michelle Okoh, Remi Okoh, Kris

Passantino, Laurel Passantino

Dec. 13, 1987 –                  “The Star and the Stable”

                                                The Star Chorus: Brett Banes, Christen Baxa, Katie Baxa, Andrew Dunfee, Christopher Dunfee, Eric Frady, Katie Martinez, Francoise

Marvel, Hynson Marvel, Katie Mason, Arlene McCallum, Kristen Moser, Sean Neidlinger

                                                Stars 1-7: Becky Morrison, Kelly Frady, Lindsay Hemphill, John Felch, Chipper Morrison, Sims Banes, David Neidlinger

                                                Spontaneous Star – Meg McKinnon

                                                The Star of Bethlehem – Laurel Passantino

                                                The Angel Gabriel – Jenny Felch

                                                Mary – Carla Higdon

                                                Joseph – Ryan Hill

                                                The Three Kings – Mike Hall, Sam Molina, Kevin Neidlinger

                                                The Voice – Walter Hunter (old guy)

June 12, 1988 –                 “Jesse’s Boy” (The June shows were part of ‘choir recognition Sunday’, with all choirs listed in the bulletin, Kirksinger choir awards

given, and promotions to the next choir announced.)

                                                (It says LRH played the Introit on the organ! “Come, Let us Praise the Lord with Gladness”, by Bach!)

                                                Samuel – Jenny Felch

                                                David – David Neidlinger

                                                Narrator – Sean Neidlinger

                                                1^st Guard – Lindsay Hemphill

                                                Brother A – Chip Morrison

                                                Brother B – Laurel Passantino

                                                2^nd Guard – John Felch

                                                Saul – Renee Molina

                                                Goliath – Mystery Voice (and I have no idea, unless it was Rev. Harwell!)

                                                Giants 1-5: Arlene McCallum, Remi Okoh, Faith Okoh, Andrew Dunfee, Katie Mason

                                                Israelites: Christen Baxa, Katie Baxa, Christopher Dunfee, Eric Frady, Kelly Frady, Katie Martinez, Becky Morrison

May 21, 1989 –                  Mozart’s “Trinity Mass” (Presbyterian Bicentennial)

June 11, 1989 –                 “The Troubbable of Zerubbabel”

                                                Narrator – David Neidlinger

                                                1^st Levite/5^th Israelite – Hynson Marvel

                                                2^nd Levite/2^nd Israelite – Chip Morrison

                                                3^rd Levite/3^rd Israelite – Laurel Passantino

                                                Zerubbabel – Jenny Felch

                                                4^th Levite – Sean Neidlinger

                                                5^th Levite/1^st Israelite – Arlene McCallum

                                                Shepherd – Katie Mason

                                                Messenger & Zechariah – Becky Morrison

                                                4^th Israelite – Sally Chadbourn

                                                1^st Adversary – Lindsay Hemphill

                                                2^nd Adversary – Katie Martinez

                                                Child – Margaret Chadbourn

                                                Haggai – Danica Higdon

                                                People of Jerusalem: Christen Baxa, Katie Baxa, Lorraine Burke, Andrew Dunfee, Christopher Dunfee, John Felch, Lani Higdon, Celia

Kirkpatrick, Francoise Marvel, Carrie McKinnon, Meg McKinnon, Faith Okoh, Remi Okoh

Dec. 10, 1989 –                  “O My Stars, It’s Christmas!” (cast listed in alpha order for some reason)

                                                Ken Abner – Citizen 2, King

                                                Christen Baxa – Good News Angel 5, Citizen 5

                                                Katie Baxa – Good News Angel 2

                                                Lorraine Burke – Shepherd 3

                                                Margaret Chadbourn – Singing Star 1

                                                Sally Chadbourn – Singing Star 2, Good News Angel 1

                                                Suzanne Detwiler – Good News Angel 3

                                                Jenny Felch – Singing Star 7, Angel of the Lord

                                                John Felch – Yellow Shooting Star, King

                                                Lindsay Hemphill – Singing Star 4, Citizen 1

                                                Danica Higdon – Singing Star 5, Throne Angel 3

                                                Celia Kirkpatrick – Mary

                                                Jamie Martin – Shepherd

                                                Katie Martinez – Star Light, Citizen 6

                                                Katie Mason – Throne Angel 2

                                                Arlene McCallum – Singing Star 3, Throne Angel 4

                                                Carrie McKinnon – Child

                                                Meg McKinnon – Brenda Star, Citizen 4

                                                Becky Morrison – Great Singing Star

                                                Chip Morrison – Andro

                                                Georde Murray – Singing Star 8

                                                David Neidlinger – Joseph

                                                Sean Neidlinger – Singing Star 6, Throne Angel 1

                                                Bobby Stevens – Shepherd Jonathan, King

                                                Elizabeth Stevens – Shepherd Rhesa

                                                Alison Thrasher – Gabriel, Shepherd 1

                                                Catherine Thrasher – Good News Angel 4, Citizen 3

                                                Voice of God – Mark Beerthuis

                                                Audience ‘Plant’ – Jack Humphreys

June 10, 1990 –                 “Sam”

                                                Boy – Jamie Martin

                                                Girl – Meg McKinnon

                                                Martin – Jenny Felch

                                                Jesus – Becky Morrison

                                                Solo girl – Carrie McKinnon

                                                Peddler – Lindsay Hemphill

                                                Landlord – Sean Neidlinger

                                                Gang Leader – Bobby Stevens

                                                Gang: Lorraine Burke, Jamie Martin, Arlene McCallum, Carrie McKinnon, Georde Murray, David Neidlinger, Catherine Thrasher,

Parker Williams

                                                Politician – Chip Morrison

                                                Doctor – Danica Higdon

                                                Sam – Celia Kirkpatrick

                                                Chorus: Margaret Chadbourn, Sally Chadbourn, Katie Martinez, Elizabeth Stevens, Calvert Thompson, Shelby Thompson, Allison

Thrasher, Brittany Williams, Jocylin Williams

                                                (Guess who played flute in the ensemble: Betsy Winslow!)

Dec. 9, 1990 –                    “Sing Carols of Joy!”

                                                (This was carols strung together with a narration, rather than a musical.)

                                                Narrator – Jason Thrasher

                                                Kirksingers: Lorraine Burke, Paul Burke, Suzanne Detwiler, John Felch, Elisabeth Grant, Lindsay Hemphill, Danica Higdon, Brandon Lea,

Jennifer Lea, Jamie Martin, Katie Martinez, Katie Mason, Arlene McCallum, Carrie McKinnon, Meg McKinnon, Chip Morrison, Georde Murray, Sean Neidlinger, Elizabeth Stevens, Calvert Thompson, Shelby Thompson, Allison Thrasher, Catherine Thrasher, Brittany Williams, Parker Williams

June 9, 1991 –                    “100% Chance of Rain”

                                                Kirksingers: Lorraine Burke, Suzanne Detwiler, John Felch, Heather Freedman, Elisabeth Grant, Lindsay Hemphill, Danica Higdon, Celia

Kirkpatrick, Brandon Lea, Jennifer Lea, Jamie Martin, Katie Martinez, Katie Mason, Arlene McCallum, Carrie McKinnon, Meg McKinnon, Chip Morrison, Georde Murray, Sean Neidlinger, Alison Thrasher, Catherine Thrasher, Derek VanTassel, Megan VanTassel, Brittany Williams

Dec. 8, 1991 –                    “The Christmas Jazz” (cast in alpha order)

                                                Katie Baxa – camel, Israelite

                                                Suzanne Detwiler – shepherd

                                                John Felch – Joseph (‘special guest appearance’!)

                                                Heather Freedman – shepherd

                                                Rosemary Genuario – lamb

                                                Elisabeth Grant – pig, solo quartet

                                                Lindsay Hemphill – Mary

                                                Danica Higdon – shepherd

                                                Nalani Higdon – pig

                                                Celia Kirkpatrick – horse, Israelite, solo quartet

                                                Jennifer Lea – shepherd

                                                Jamie Martin – shepherd

                                                Sean Martin – sheep

                                                Katie Martinez – The Donkey

                                                Katie Mason – sheep, sheep trio

                                                Arlene McCallum – bull, Israelite

                                                Carrie McKinnon – pig, solo lamb

                                                Meg McKinnon – Voice of the Angel

                                                Chip Morrison – Centurion

                                                Georde Murray – goat

                                                Kevin, David, and Sean Neidlinger – The Three Kings (special guest appearances!)

                                                Joanna O’Barr – shepherd

                                                Ashley Potter – sheep

                                                Catherine Thrasher – designated snorer in solo quartet

                                                Derek VanTassel – goat

                                                Megan VanTassel – shepherd

                                                Brittany Williams – cow (landlady)

                                                Parker Williams – shepherd

                                                Voices from Heaven – Melissa Bonner, Karen Kerlin, Traci Maddox (Senior Choir)

Dec. 15, 1991 –                  “Messiah” (movements scattered throughout the service;

 orchestra composed of 4 violins, viola, cells, 2 horns, trumpet, oboe, flute [LRH], and timpani)

June 14, 1992 –                 “The Prodigal Son Jazz”

                                                The Prodigal Son – Sean Neidlinger

                                                Father – Ned Neidlinger

                                                Older Son – David Neidlinger

                                                Black Nick – Kevin Neidlinger

                                                Usherettes – Carla Higdon, Renee Molina

                                                Waiter/Bouncer – Chip Morrison

                                                “Boo” board – Meg McKinnon

                                                “Cheer” board – Katie Baxa

                                                “Hiss” board – Derek VanTassel

                                                Kirksingers:  Suzanne Detwiler, Heather Freedman, Elisabeth Grant, Lindsay Hemphill, Danica Higdon, Nalani Higdon, Jennifer Lea, Jamie

Martin, Sean Martin, Daniel Martinez, Katie Martinez, Katie Mason, Carrie McKinnon, Andrew Mildorf, Thomas Mildorf, Georde Murray, Joanna O’Barr, Ashley Potter, Catherine Thrasher, Megan VanTassel

Dec. 13, 1992 –                  “A Very Extraordinary Merry Christmas Mission (Angelic Agents to the Rescue)”

                                                (in heaven)

Lady Seraph – Lindsay Hemphill

                                                                Angelica – Carrie McKinnon

                                                                Gabriette – Katie Baxa

                                                                Glo – Meg McKinnon

                                                                Shiny – Wrenn Elam

                                                                Shiny’s ‘pal’ – Stacey Murray

                                                                Mr. Clean – Elisabeth Grant

                                                                Michael – Catherine Thrasher

                                                                Harold – Georde Murray

                                                                The A-Team – Andrew Mildorf, Thomas Mildorf, Derek VanTassel

                                                                Heavenly angels – Rosemary Genuario, Nalani Higdon, Lauren Miller

                                                (on earth)

                                                                Leader – Diane Jacoby

                                                                Mary – Katie Martinez

                                                                Joseph – Suzanne Detwiler

                                                                Narrator – Katie Mason

                                                                Shepherds – Alicia Carter, Rachel Carter, Danica Higdon

                                                                Wise Man – Danica Higdon

                                                                Doctor – Daniel Martinez

                                                                Earth Angels – Edie Boyle, Amy Dickstein, Katie Geren, Arlene McCallum

Dec. 20, 1992 –                  Pachelbel’s “Magnificat in G”  (with 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, 2 horns, and organ)

June 13, 1993 –                 “Daniel, Chapter Six”

                                                Narrators – Diane Jacoby, Katie Mason

                                                Darius – Katie Martinez

                                                Daniel – Arlene McCallum

                                                Satrap 1 – Suzanne Detwiler

                                                Satrap 2 – Alicia Carter

                                                Wife 1 – Lindsay Hemphill

                                                Wife 2 – Elisabeth Grant

                                                Lions 1 – Katie Geren, Rosemary Genuario, Lauren Miller

                                                Lions 2 – Katie Baxa, Edie Boyle, Rachel Carter

                                                Lions 3 – Danica Higdon, Carrie McKinnon, Catherine Thrasher

                                                Chorus: Margaret Chadbourn, Bethany Coan, Amy Dickstein (card), Wrenn Elam (card), Nalani Higdon, Daniel Martinez, Georde Murray

(card), Stacey Murray, Alison Thrasher, Derek VanTassel

June 25, 1993 –                 Music Day Camp Program, First Presbyterian Church, Arlington

                                                “Small Deeds” (John Horman),  “The Good Lord Made It All” (by John Carter), and “100% Chance of Rain”

Dec. 12, 1993 –                  “1-800-CHRISTMAS”

                                                Host – Katie Mason

                                                Co-Host – Suzanne Detwiler

                                                Three Scrooges – Georde Murray, Derek VanTassel, Amy Dickstein

                                                Reporter Francesca Read – Meg McKinnon

                                                Anna – Carrie McKinnon

                                                Elizabeth – Wrenn Elam

                                                Melvin, the postman – Bethany Coan

                                                Camera Operator – Katie Baxa

                                                Security Guard – Daniel Martinez

                                                Tote-board Markers – Danica Higdon, Diane Jacoby

                                                Audience Prompter – Elisabeth Grant

                                                Make-up Person – Alicia Carter

                                                Stagehands – Nalani Higdon, Rosemary Genuario

                                                Telephone Captain – Arlene McCallum

                                                Telephone Answerers – Manning Blanchard, Edie Boyle, Rachel Carter, Carson Dougherty, Nalani Higdon, Brendon Kennerly, Katie Lein,

Karen Murray, Stacey Murray

                                                Report Runners – Margaret Chadbourn, Lauren Miller, Catherine Thrasher

                                                Crew – Vincent Genuario, Katie Geren

Mar. 20, 1994 –                 “Missa Brevis Sti. Joannis de Deo” (Haydn)

                                                (with string ensemble)

Dec. 19, 1993 –                  “Gloria” (Rutter)

                                                (with 8 brass, 2 timp/perc, organ)

June 12, 1994 –                 “A Technicolor Promise”

                                                Storytellers – Arlene McCallum, Suzanne Detwiler, Meg McKinnon, Liz Grant

                                                Speakers: Carrie McKinnon, Rosemary Genuario, Lauren Miller, Rachel Carter, Alicia Carter, Daniel Martinez, Stacey Murray, Carson

Dougherty, Lance Murashige, Katie Lein, Karen Murray, Catherine Thrasher, Amanda Adams, Katie Mason, Amy Dickstein, Bethany Coan, Danica Higdon

                                                Mr. Noah – Georde Murray

                                                Mrs. Noah – Wrenn Elam

                                                Dove – Margaret Chadbourn

                                                Animals: (bats) Manning Blanchard, Lance Murashige; (bumblebee) Carson Dougherty; (bunny) Katie Lein; (cats) Rosemary Genuario,

Lauren Miller; (cheetah) Alicia Carter; (chimpanzees) Liz Grant, Daniel Martinez; (dog) Vincent Genuario; (elephants) Arlene McCallum, Meg McKinnon; (foxes) Amanda Adams, Nalani Higdon; (kangaroo) Danica Higdon; (panda) Diane Jacoby; (parrots) Amy Dickstein, Katie Mason; (penguin) Suzanne Detwiler; (pigs) Karen Murray, Stacey Murray; (porcupines) Carrie McKinnon, Catherine Thrasher; (tiger) Rachel Carter; (unicorn, tiger) Bethany Coan

June 27-30, 1994 –           Summer Camp, First Presbyterian Church, Arlington

                                                (10 kids rang bells, 20 kids did “The Troubbable of Zerubbabel”; Lazo played oboe)

Dec. 11, 1994 –                  “No Vacancy”

                                                Innkeeper – Lance Murashige

                                                Innkeeper’s wife – Catherine Thrasher

                                                Mary – Elisabeth Grant

                                                Joseph – Manning Blanchard

                                                Shepherds – Rachel Carter, Bethany Coan, Rosemary Genuario, Katie Mason, Lauren Miller

                                                Sages – William DeVar, Daniel Martinez, Derek VanTassel

                                                Travelers – (Group 1) Meg McKinnon, Arlene McCallum, Jacqueline DeVar, Alicia Carter, Amy Dickstein, George Dean Murray, Wrenn

Elam; (Group 2) Stacey Murray, Jennifer Metcalf, Arlene McCallum, Katie Mason, Karen Murray; (Group 3) Carson Dougherty, Cyle Hunnel, Jessica Hunnel, Carrie McKinnon, Kelly Smith

June 11, 1995 –                 “The Troubbable of Zerubbabel”

                                                Narrator – Arlene McCallum

                                                1^st Levite – Lauren Miller

                                                2^nd Levite – Wrenn Elam

                                                3^rd Levite – Rachel Carter

                                                4^th Levite – William DeVar

                                                5^th Levite – Alicia Carter

                                                Zerubbabel – Meg McKinnon

                                                Shepherd – Kelly Smith

                                                Messengers – Georde Murray, Manning Blanchard

                                                1^st Israelite – Jacqueline DeVar

                                                2^nd Israelite – Derek VanTassel

                                                3^rd Israelite – Rosemary Genuario

                                                4^th Israelite – Jennifer Metcalf

                                                5^th Israelite – Stacey Murray

                                                1^st Adversary – Bethany Coan

                                                2^nd Adversary – Carrie McKinnon

                                                Child 1 – Karen Murray

                                                Child 2 – Danielle Murashige

                                                Haggai – Carson Dougherty

                                                Zechariah – Elisabeth Grant

                                                Chorus: Chelsea Cunningham, Jamie Feuer, Albert Gross, Cyle Hunnel, Jessica Hunnel, Lance Murashige, Catherine Thrasher

June 23, 1995 –                 “A Celebration of Prime Time” (week-long music camp at First Pres Arlington)

                                                (bells rang 3 pieces, and all campers presented “O My Stars, It’s Christmas!”)

Dec. 10, 1995 –                  “O My Stars, It’s Christmas!”

                                                Enthusiastic Star – Carson Dougherty

                                                Great Singing Star – Catherine Thrasher

                                                Singing Stars 1-8 – Alex Miller, Lance Murashige, Rosemary Genuario, Lauren Miller, Elisabeth Grant, Bethany Coan, Georde Murray,

Stacey Murray

                                                Star in Training – Nicky Van Tassel

                                                Andro – Manning Blanchard

                                                Star Light – Kelly Smith

                                                Yellow Shooting Star – Jennifer Metcalf

                                                Throne Angels 1-4 – Wrenn Elam, Derek Van Tassel, Georde Murray, Amy Dickstein

                                                Audience ‘Plants’ – Pam Coan, Neil Miller, Caryl Grant, Rae Ann Murashige

                                                Voice of God – Charles Morrison

                                                Brenda Star – Elisabeth Grant

                                                Gabriel – Lance Murashige

                                                Angel of the Lord – Rosemary Genuario

                                                Good News Angels 1-5 – Stacey Murray, Jamie Feuer, Karen Murray, Bethany Coan, Lauren Miller

                                                Shepherd Rhesa – Danielle Murashige

                                                Shepherd Jonathan – Georde Murray

                                                Shepherds 1-3 – Rosemary Genuario, Andrew Metcalf, Kelly Smith

                                                Mary – Wrenn Elam

                                                Joseph – Derek Van Tassel

                                                Kings 1-5 – Lauren Miller (1 & 5), Bethany Coan, Stacey Murray, Elisabeth Grant

                                                Citizen 1 (Ruth) – Jennifer Metcalf

                                                Citizen 2 (Aaron) – Andrew Metcalf

                                                Citizens 3-6 -  Danielle Murashige, Karen Murray, Lance Murashige, Jennifer Metcalf

March 24, 1996 –              Fauré “Requiem”

                                                (with violins, violas, cello, bass)

May 12, 1996 –                  Schubert “Mass in G” (at MVPC, with choir from First Pres Arlington; string quartet/organ;

Doris Mabrey, Ken Walker, and Will Jones, soloists)

May 19, 1996 –                  Schubert “Mass in G” (at First Pres Arlington, with choir from MVPC….same instruments, soloists)

June 9, 1996 –                    “Oh, Jonah!”

                                                Allison – Elisabeth Grant

                                                Julie – Kelly Smith

                                                Billie – Chelsea Layton

                                                Janet – Wrenn Elam

                                                Angels 1-5 – Bethany Coan, Lauren Miller, Stacey Murray, Amy Dickstein, Rosemary Genuario, Jennifer Metcalf

                                                Joy – Jamie Feuer

                                                Jenna – Karen Murray

                                                Jill – Carson Dougherty

                                                Sasha – Alex Miller

                                                John – Manning Blanchard

                                                Peyton – Emily Rogers

                                                Topher – Ansa Edim

                                                Toni – Danielle Murashige

                                                Amy – Rosemary Genuario

                                                Jonah – Georde Murray

                                                Captain – Lance Murashige

                                                Sailors – Manning Blanchard, Andrew Metcalf, Alex Miller

                                                Whale Kids – Carson Dougherty, Ansa Edim, Wrenn Elam, Elisabeth Grant, Karen Murray, Emily Rogers

                                                King of Nineveh – Catherine Thrasher

                                                Ninevites – whoever is not doing something else!

June 8, 1997 –                    “Jesse’s Boy”

                                                Cheerleaders – Lacey Cobbs, Danielle Murashige

                                                Samuel – Jennifer Metcalf

                                                David – Lance Murashige

                                                Narrators – Rosemary Genuario, Julia King, Kristin Thoma

                                                Brother A – Carson Dougherty

                                                Brother B – Amy Dickstein

                                                1^st Guards – Alex Miller, Kate Raftery

                                                2^nd Guard – Chelsea Layton

                                                Saul – Kelly Smith

                                                Shield/Spearbearers – Bethany Coan, Paul DeVar

                                                Aide – William DeVar

                                                Goliath – Emily Rogers

                                                Lines in the Finale – Jacqueline DeVar, Lauren Miller

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Here are the Bethany Lutheran lists. When Mom moved to this church, she also moved to a 7 year rotation with her musicals...enjoy!

“Daniel, Chapter Six” – Casts, (May) 1999, (June) 2006, (June ) 2013

Narrators – Andrew Meyers & Laura Pendleton, Bianca Abney & Megan McKinney, John Dinkel & Samantha Hahn

Darius – Bethany Blevins, John-Louis Michaud, Elena Perkins

Daniel – Katie Meyer, Joseph Kutz (Joseph Johnson, understudy), Moya Shaw

Satrap 1 – Michelle Heard, JB  Hitchcock, Kelby Henriquez

Satrap 2 – Ben Meyer, Nate Dinkel, Kevin Dinkel

Wife 1 – Rachel Blevins, Lily Michaud, Fatu Williams

Wife 2 – Sarah Brown, Michelle Hitchcock, Erin Althouse/Clara Wrazen

Lions –  (1999) Maricela Baca, Ritchie Gibson, Samantha Lightle, Andrea Lucas, Rachel Blevins, Michelle Heard, Ben Meyer, Sarah Brown

(2006) Mark Dinkel, Rachel Dinkel, Dustin Elsey, Duncan Hoag, Katherine Johnson, Victoria Kutz

(2013) Frankie Galvan, Miri Mehari, Sofia Perkins, Paul Shaw   (not participating, Isabelle Franchette & Kam Miller)

Historical notes:

In 1999 we were praying for victims of tornadoes in Enid, Oklahoma!

In 2006 we were saying goodbye to Pastor Schmidt!

She planned ahead for 2014:

“The Troubbable of Zerubbabel”, 2000, 2007, 2014

Narrators – (2000) Andrew Meyer, Samantha Lightle; (2007) Lily Michaud; (2014)

First Levite – (2000) Ashleigh Gunderson; (2007) J.B. Hitchcock; (2014)

Second Levite – (2000) Joseph Kutz; (2007) Victoria Kutz; (2014)

Third Levite – (2000) Tanisha Robinson; (2007) Mark Dinkel; (2014)

Zerubbabel – (2000) Bethany Blevins; (2007) Nate Dinkel; (2014)

Fourth Levite – (2000) Andrew Meyer; (2007) Erik Kovatch ; (2014)

Fifth Levite – (2000) Rachel Blevins; (2007) J.B. Hitchcock; (2014)

Shepherd – (2000) Andy Lutz; (2007) Rachel Dinkel; (2014)

Messenger – (2000) Laura Pendleton; (2007) Megan McKinney; (2014)

First Israelite – (2000) Julia Bolger; (2007) Megan McKinney; (2014)

Second Israelite – (2000) Ben Meyer; (2007) Rachel Dinkel; (2014)

Third Israelite – (2000) Tanisha Robinson; (2007) Megan McKinney ; (2014)

Fourth Israelite – (2000) Merritt Purol; (2007) Mark Dinkel; (2014)

Fifth Israelite – (2000) Ashleigh Gunderson; (2007) Juliette Forrest;

First Adversary – (2000) Michelle Heard; (2007) John-Louis Michaud; (2014)

Second Adversary – (2000) Jessica Lay; (2007) Joseph Johnson; (2014)

Child – (2000) Kelly Krajecki; (2007) Elena Perkins; (2014)

Haggai – (2000) Samantha Lightle; (2007) Erik Kovatch; (2014)

Zechariah – (2000) Andrea Lucas; (2007) Lily Michaud; (2014)

Chorus – (2000) Kathy Humphreys, Maddy Humphreys, Sonny Lutz; (2007) Dustin Elsey, Michelle Hitchcock, Katherine Johnson, Judy Kovatch; (2014)

“A Technicolor Promise” – 2001, 2008, 2015

Storytellers  – (2001) Julia Bolger, Michelle Heard, Joseph Kutz, Tanisha Robinson; (2008) Victoria Kutz, Juliette Forrest, John-Louis Michaud, J.B. Hitchcock

Speakers – (2001) Maddy Bolger, Kyle Daehnke, Adeline Guthrie, Michelle Hitchcock, Joseph Johnson, Kelly Krajecki, Elliot Lay, Claudia Lovegrove, Ben Meyer, Merritt Purol; (2008) Judy Kovatch, Mark Dinkel, Katherine Johnson, Erik Kovatch, Rachel Dinkel, Dustin Elsey, Mark Dinkel, Katherine Johnson, John-Louis Michaud, Kevin Dinkel, John Dinkel, J.B. Hitchcock, Elena Perkins

Noah – (2001) Merritt Purol; (2008) Nate Dinkel

Mrs. Noah – (2001) Rachel Blevins; (2008) Lily Michaud

Dove – (2001) Maddy Bolger; (2008) Elena Perkins

Lion – (2001) Jessica Lay (not cast in 2008);

“Jesse’s Boy” – 2002, 2009, 2016

David – (2002) Joseph Kutz; (2009) Lily Michaud

Cheerleaders – (2002) Rachel Blevins, Sarah Busch, Michelle Heard, Claudia Lovegrove, Heather Mallalieu; (2009) Rachel Dinkel, Juliette Forrest, Elena Perkins, Moya Shaw

Samuel – (2002) Jessica Lay; (2009) Mark Dinkel

Narrator(s) – (2002) Tanisha Robinson, Julia Bolger, Kelly Krajecki; (2009) Victoria Kutz

1^st Guard(s) – (2002) Kyle Daehnke, Michelle Hitchcock, Joseph Johnson, Megan McKinney; (2009) Judy Kovatch

Brother A – (2002) Elliott Lay; (2009) Moya Shaw

Brother B – (2002) Ben Meyer; (2009) Elena Perkins

2^nd Guard – (2002) Michelle Heard; (2009) John Dinkel

King Saul – (2002) Merritt Purol; (2009) John Louis Michaud

Aide(s)/Voice – (2002) Maddy Bolger, Jessica Lay; (2009) Billy Kovatch

Goliath – (2002) Rachel Blevins; (2009) Nate Dinkel

Shieldbearer – (2002) John-Louis, Michaud; (2009) Juliette Forrest

Spearbearer – (2002) Shelby Duff; (2009) Rachel Dinkel

Israelites/Sign-carriers – (2002) Sarah Busch, Nate Dinkel, Claudia Lovegrove, Heather Mallalieu, Lance Purol; (2009) Kevin Dinkel, Katherine Johnson, Olivia Johnson

“Something’s Up Down in Bethlehem” – 2003, 2010, 2017

Reuben – (2003) Merritt Purol; (2010) Lily Michaud

Head Shepherd – (2003) Joseph Kutz; (2010) Victoria Kutz

Other Shepherds who speak – (2003) Moses Abraham, Maddy Bolger, Torie Bolger, Sarah Busch, Nate Dinkel, Elliot Lay, Claudia Lovegrove, Ben Meyer, John-Louis Michaud; (2010) Billy Kovatch, Kevin Dinkel

Cold Woman – (2003) Julia Bolger; (2010) Moya Shaw

Thirsty Man – (2003) Kyle Daehnke; (2010) John Dinkel

Angel – (2003) Michelle Heard; (2010) Elena Perkins

Other Angels – (2003) Michelle Hitchcock, Kelly Krajecki, Jessica Lay

Beggar Woman – (2003) Rachel Blevins; (2010) Rachel Dinkel

Innkeeper – (2003) Joseph Johnson; (2010) Mark Dinkel

Innkeeper’s Wife – (2003) Megan McKinney; (2010) Judy Kovatch

“Moses and the Freedom Fanatics” – 2004, 2011, 2018

Moses – (2004) Moses Abraham; (2011) Victoria Kutz

Pharaoh – (2004) Ben Meyer; (2011) Elena Perkins

Aaron – (2004) Kyle Daehnke; (2011) John Dinkel

Miriam – (2004) Mariah Creelman; (2011) Moya Shaw

Ben/Leah – (2004) Joseph Johnson (2011) Paul Shaw/Clara Wrazen

Rachel – (2004) Michelle Hitchcock; (2011) Rachel Dinkel

Frogs – (2004) Elliot Lay, John-Louis Michaud; (not cast specifically in 2011)

Understudies – (2004) (2011) Kevin Dinkel, Samantha Hahn, Katherine Johnson, John Dinkel, Danielle Turnage

Speaker 1 – (2004) Torie Bolger; (not cast specifically in 2011)

Speaker 2 – (2004) J.B. Hitchcock; (not cast specifically in 2011)

Pharoah’s wife – (2004) Megan McKinney; (not cast specifically in 2011)

Slaves – (2004) Julia Bolger, Maddy Bolger, Sarah Busch, Kayla Creelman, Nate Dinkel, Joseph Kutz, Claudia Lovegrove, Lily Michaud; (2011) Mark Dinkel, Lily Jagow, Claire Jagow, Olivia Johnson, Sydney Weikart, Ian Martin

And finally:

“Once Upon a Parable” – 2005, 2012, 2019

Adam and Eve – (2005) Michelle Hitchcock, Claudia Lovegrove; (2012) Paul Shaw, Clara Wrazen

Bible-holder – (2005) John-Louis Michaud; (not cast specifically in 2012)

Sarah – (2005) Megan McKinney; (2012) Elena Perkins

Moses – (2005) Elliot Lay; (2012) Kevin Dinkel

David – (2005) Joseph Johnson; (not cast specifically in 2012)

Narrator 1 – (2005) Julia Bolger; (2012) John Dinkel

Jesus 1 – (2005) Michelle Hitchcock; (2012) Kevin Dinkel

Matthew – (2005) Mark Dinkel; (2012) Sofia Perkins

Simon – (2005) Nate Dinkel; (2012) Elena Perkins  

Judas – (2005) Mariah Creelman; (2012) Victoria Kutz

Mary – (2005) Lily Michaud; (2012) Moya Shaw

Martha – (2005) Maddy Bolger; (2012) Olivia Johnson

Solo – (2005) Amy Wixtrom; (2012) Victoria Kutz

House on rock – (2005) Megan McKinney, Maddy Bolger, Elliot Lay, Joseph Kutz; (not cast specifically in 2012)

House on sand – (2005) Torie Bolger, Mark Dinkel, Rachel Dinkel, Lily Michaud (understudy, Emily Wiegert); (not cast specifically in 2012)

“Flood waters” – (2005) Kayla Creelman, Claudia Lovegrove; (not cast specifically in 2012)

Narrator 2 – (2005) Megan McKinney; (2012) Moya Shaw

Jesus 2 – (2005) J.B. Hitchcock; (2012) John Dinkel

Pharisee 1 (Maximus Litigatious) – (2005) John-Louis Michaud; (2012) Victoria Kutz

Pharisee 2 – (2005) Joseph Johnson; (2012) Clara Wrazen

Pharisee 3 – (2005) Maddy Bolger (understudy, Moses Abraham); (2012) Paul Shaw

Pharisee 4 – (2005) Claudia Lovegrove; (2012) Lily Jagow

Victim - (2005) Amy Wixtrom; (2012) Kevin Dinkel

Priest – (2005) Joseph Kutz; (2012) Fatu Williams

Levite – (2005) Kayla Creelman; (2012) Elena Perkins

Samaritan – (2005) Sarah Busch; (2012) Samantha Hahn

Voice – (2005) (not cast specifically); (2012) Claire Jagow

Innkeeper – (2005) Elliot Lay; (2012) Katherine Johnson

Narrator 3 – (2005) Claudia Lovegrove; (2012) Samantha Hahn

Jesus 3 – (2005) Sarah Busch; (2012) John Dinkel

Narrator 4 – (2005) Joseph Johnson; (2012) Moya Shaw

Jesus 4 – (2005) Maddy Bolger; (2012) Katherine Johnson

Zaccheus – (2005) Sarah Busch; (2012) Victoria Kutz

Crowd 1 – (2005) Julia Bolger; (2012) Fatu Williams

Crowd 2 – (2005) J.B. Hitchcock; (2012) Clara Wrazen

Crowd 3 – (2005) Kayla Creelman; (2012) Sofia Perkins

Crowd 4 – (2005) John-Louis Michaud; (2012) Paul Shaw

Crowd 5 – (2005) Torie Bolger; (2012) Lily Jagow

Crowd 6 – (2005) Julia Bolger; (2012) Olivia Johnson

Crowd 7 – (2005) Amy Wixtrom; (2012) Claire Jagow