Come One! Come All! Foxcroft School's Christmas Pageant is Sunday

Live animals, Santa highlight afternoon of fun and tradition -- and everyone is invited!

Adults and children of all ages are invited to join Foxcroft School students in celebrating the holiday season Sunday, Dec. 7, with a spectacular Christmas Pageant, followed by a visit from Santa Claus. The performance, which is free, will begin at 2pm in Engelhard Gymnasium.
The Pageant is a tradition that was started by Foxcroft founder Charlotte Haxall Noland soon after the School was established in 1914. Each year, Foxcroft’s new students and Chorale present the nativity story as a gift to the community using Miss Noland’s script -- which includes several characters you won’t find in the Bible along with some animals you will. Live donkeys, goats, bunnies, and birds have all made appearances in recent years. Non-stop music and beautiful costumes that have been part of the show for decades are also featured.
 
Karin Thorndike, Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Foxcroft, directs the performance, assisted by Chorale Director Eric Dombrowski. The entire Freshman Class plus new sophomores and juniors participtate in the pageant and members of Foxcroft's two student a capella groups as well as the Foxcroft Chorale sing. A committee of upperclass students serves as tech crew. 
 
For years, the Pageant was held during the week and Miss Noland would send a bus to pick up all the students at Middleburg and Banneker Elementary schools. “We went to the gym and sat on mats,” recalls Jane Lockhart, a lifelong Middleburg resident who has seen more than 50 Foxcroft Pageants dating back to 1950. “After the Pageant we would all go to another building that is gone now and get in line at a window that had the letter of our last names posted above it. When I got up to the window I would get two presents: something to play with and something to wear. This would happen every year and clothes always fit.”

While clothes and toys are no longer distributed, goodie bags, prepared by Foxcroft students, will be shared with all the children in attendance when Santa Claus arrives, following the Pageant. Photos of children with Santa and/or his three elf assistants are always fun too!
 
The Pageant is the culmination of a weekend devoted to community outreach and holiday activities at Foxcroft. On Friday, the students and faculty forego dinner to buy and pack huge care packages for needy families in the area. They also make gifts for the School’s support staff, and decorate the campus. On Saturday, Foxcroft’s float will be a highlight of the Christmas in Middleburg Parade.
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