A' CLASS CHRISTMAS PLAY: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN ON 20 DECEMBER 2009

CLASS: A
SECTION: 3
TEACHER: DORA SYNEFIA
TITLE OF PLAY: 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN'
WRITTEN BY: DEMA KIRKILI
DIRECTED BY: DORA SYNEFIA


A few words about the play:
It's Christmas Eve and 6 children ,with different nationalities and religious belief, who live in snowy London decide to sing traditional Christmas Carols to get extra pocket money. When one of the girls talks about the starving children in Africa they decide to offer money to help them!

Starring:
Elizabeth Panaousi (Narrator 1)
John Mavromatakis (Narrator 2)
Magdalene Panta-Vati (Emma)
Nektaria Flega (Jill)
Stathis Kritidis (Toby)
Soat Delganto (Kate)
Nicoleta Manti (Wanda)
Valerios Peppas (Will)
Demetra Zikou (Choir)

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I have registered for my classes here. Hopefully, we'll get matched pretty soon with students from other countries.

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1) School Name: Christian Center School
School Address: 1210 Stoneman Avenue,
Pittsburg, California 94565,
United States of America

2)School Name: Crestridge Magnet for International Studies,
School Address: 818 Crestridge Road,
Omaha, Nebraska 68154,
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“Goodbye,” said the fox. “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:
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The Hindenburg .pdf


Video (1:13) The Hindenburg burning
Transcript:
...It's practically standing still now. They've dropped ropes out of the nose of the ship,
and it's been taken a hold of down on the field by a number of men. It's starting to rain again; the rain had slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding it, just enough to keep it from --"
"It burst into flames! ... It's fire and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning, bursting into flames and is falling on the mooring mast, and all the folks agree that this is terrible. This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! ...There's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast...Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!

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Welcome Note

A and B classes @ the Papaeliou Schools enter the world of blogging. Let's explore this dynamic tool together.

See you all,
Anna