2025 Nativity Concerts
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What are we doing?
We're putting on a live concert featuring a youth choir at the 2025 Bellevue Festival of the Nativity. Adult performers will also participate.
We are performing three 75-minute concerts with really cool, modern Christmas music, a live band, and fun lighting, costume, and other elements. In addition to performing in nine musical numbers, youth will also act as the emcees for the concerts.
Scroll down to review the commitments, requirements, and details.
Here's a video of the number we're opening with. It's going to be pretty awesome!
Rehearsal and Performance Schedule and Information
Committments and Requirements
- All participants are expected to memorize their music and lines well in advance.
- For youth participants,
- If you want to sing, you must be able to memorize music and sing parts in tune.
- If you want a speaking part (as an emcee), you must be able to memorize lines and speak clearly.
- In either case, you must be comfortable being in front of an audience and following instructions.
- You must be able to attend approximately 75% of non-mandatory rehearsals. Attendance is highly encouraged.
- For all participants, you must be able to attend all mandatory call times.
Mandatory Call Times
- Nativity Fireside (youth only): Saturday, November 8, 7 pm
- Dress rehearsal: Friday, December 5, 6 pm (goes very, very late)
- Performance 1: Thursday, December 11, 6:00 pm
- Performance 2: Friday, December 12, 6:00 pm
- Performance 3: Saturday, December 13, 6:00 pm
Additional Rehearsals
Weekends (some Saturday nights, some Sunday afternoons) @ John Anderson's home as needed and as available until December 5.
Check back often. Days, times, and songs that we'll be rehearsing will be posted regularly.
John Anderson's home: 405 Everwood Ct NW, Issaquah, WA 98027
- Sunday, May 18, 4 pm (youth)
- We'll be working on O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Carol of the Bells; Gabriel's Message; and Joy to the World
- Sunday, June 22, 4 pm (youth)
- Sunday, July 20, 4 pm (youth)
- Sunday, August 10, 4 pm (youth)
- Sunday, August 24, 4 pm (youth)
- Sunday, September 7, 4 pm (youth)
- Sunday, September 21, 4 pm (youth)
- Sunday, October 5, 4 pm (youth)
- Saturday, October 18, 7 pm (band)
- Sunday, October 19, 4 pm (youth)
- Saturday, October 25, 7 pm (band)
- Saturday, November 1, 7 pm (youth & band)
- Friday, November 7, 7 pm (band)
- FIRESIDE: Saturday, November 8, 7 pm (youth)
- Saturday, November 15, 7 pm (youth & band)
- Saturday, November 22, 6 pm (all cast)
- FULL DRESS REHEARSAL: Friday, December 5, 6 pm (all cast)
- PERFORMANCE: Thursday, December 11, 6 pm (all cast)
- PERFORMANCE: Thursday, December 12, 6 pm (all cast)
- PERFORMANCE: Thursday, December 13, 6 pm (all cast)
Concert Playlists
Below are the reference recordings for our concert numbers.
You can view these playlists via Apple Music or Spotify. Or you can simply search for a song arrangement (song/artist) in your own music platform.
Apple Music
Spotify
Youth choir members will be involved in the following numbers:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Once Upon a December
Ave Maria
He Is the Gift
Gabriel’s Message
Carol of the Bells
God Help the Outcasts
Joy to the World
In addition to ensemble performances, there are some limited solo opportunities. Auditions for solos will be conducted later in the year for those who are interested. Songs with youth solos are as follows:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Where Are You Christmas?
He Is the Gift
Carol of the Bells
Music Folders and Production Notes
Click the button below to access the music folders. You can view and download the music for all of our numbers. (You do not need a Dropbox account to access the music.)
Some of the music is still being transcribed. Check back often for additional parts.
Production Notes includes more detailed information about song and instrument assignments and other pertinent information. Production Notes are coming soon and will be updated regularly.
Cast List
Production Team
- John Anderson (producer/director)
- Bill Manning (sound engineer)
- AJ Manning (sound tech/stage support)
- Mele Santos Landoe (youth music director)
Singers
- Youth/Children's Choir
- Lily Anderson (also a soloist)
- Elena Richardson
- Hailey Hughes
- Tahlia Lo
- Timothy Lo
- Millie Agler
- Autumn Carruthers
- Hannah Merrill
- Kate Hammond
- Vera Christensen
- Brandon Hsu
- Carly Hsu
- Eve Witten
- Poppy Johnsrud
- Ensign Youth Choir members
- Mele Santos studio students
- Rachelle Hrncirik studio students
- Maxine Lo
- Will Lo
- Luke Bailey
- Mele Santos Landoe
- Rachelle Hrncirik
- Brenda Moore
- David Shumway
- Elizabeth Shumway
Instruments
- John Anderson (keys)
- Natalie Neeley (keys)
- Matt Hughes (keys)
- Ben Wilson (keys)
- Phoebe Andersen (cello)
- Hannah Yukish (cello)
- Lisa Heckathorn (violin)
- Young Kwon (violin)
- Reggie Danshita (violin)
- Steve Higgins (guitar)
- AJ Manning (bass)
- Bryan Grau (drums/percussion)
- Arya Bailey (oboe)
- Siani Taylor (oboe)
- Victoria Taylor (flute)
- Eileen Bailey (flute)
Join the Youth Choir for Nativity
If you like what you see here and you want to be involved, please join by entering your contact info.
YOU SHOULD ADD THE CONTACT INFO FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THE COMMUNICATIONS. If you are a parent, and you want to receive communication and announcements, please enter once for yourself (including your child's name) and a second time for your child (then you will both receive emails with info).
