PS 635 .29 M668 Icopy 1 Price, 25 Cents Holly Wreath Time DRILL AND SONG By HARRIETTE WILBUR PAINE PUBLISHING CO. DAYTON, OHIO .,»•■*— '••'••'••'•••••'•••'•^•^"•'•0"m-»-'»- T ! Song Specialties for Your Entertainments Teachers are discovering that no matter how much novelty there is in their entertain- ment, how well it is arranged, how thoroughly drilled, if they want to hold the active interest of the audience they must use the best of songSL The songs must be real novelties. The words must be interesting as well as decidedly clever. The music must be catchy and abounding in rich melody. With these things in mind we have prepared this list of superior song novelties for our patrons. All are in regular sheet music form. Price, 35 cents each; S for $1.25 \ \ I I WELCOME SONGS j I We've Just Arrived from Bashful Town. \ \ We Hope YouVe Brought Your Smiles I I Along. I I Come and Partake of OurWelcome Cake. I ^ • I We're Very Glad to See You Here. t i With Quaking Hearts We WelcomeYou. ! • t I CLOSING SONGS I i f t Mr. Sun and Mrs. Moon. I I Nov^, Aren't You Glad You Came ? I j We Do Not Like to Say Goodbye. t j We'll Now Have to Say Goodbye. I I Paine Publishing Co,, Dayton, Ohio I 1 1 '•••••••••••»•••••••»#••*••••••»•••••*•' Holly Wreath Time Drill and Song 'By Harriette Wilbur COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY L. M. PAINE PAINE PUBLISHING COMPANY DAYTON, OHIO SEP 29 '22 g)ciA687051 \ Holly Wreath Time For fourteen little girls, each carrying a holly wreath. The wreath may be one of the made-up kind to be found in ten-cent stores and similar places, or may be made by the children them- selves. If the former then the hole in the center of the wreath is filled in with a circle of red cardboard, in the center of which is one of the letters forming the word MERRY CHRISTMAS, the letter being made of either white, silver or gold paper and pasted in position. If the wreaths are made by the children, the circle of red cardboard is first cut — say a foot in diameter — around the edge is pasted holly-leaf-shaped sections of green tissue paper, with clusters of red circles to represent berries. Lastly the letter is pasted in the center of the circle. The girls may wear white, or whatever dresses they have on hand to wear program day, as desired. Piano or phonograph furnishes bright marching music. The girls are in "pied" order, so that their wreaths do not spell their greeting while they are marching about; they may even hold the letters wrong side up. Enter in single file, wreaths held down at side, hoop-fashion, in whichever hand will be the outside one while marching in 1. 1 — March in circle at center of platform. 2 — About face, at the same time raising wreaths over head in a horizontal position, or "hat-brim" fashion. March, in circle in opposite direction from that of 1. 3 — Wreaths in both hands at chest while marching around edge of platform and then zigzagging from corner to comer, ending in a single line across the rear of plat- form. MERRY CHRISTMAS A girl carrying an M walks to the left front of the stage — the left from the audience's viewpoint — and recites the first line of the following acrostic. An E girl recites the second line as she joins the M girl, and so on until all have recited and are holding their wreaths so they spell the two words. 4 HOLLY WREATH TIME M for the Music, merry and clear, E for the Eve, the crown of the year. R for the Romping of bright girls and boys; R for the Reindeer that brings them the toys; Y for the Yule-Log, softly aglow, C for the Cold of the sky and the snow ; H for the Hearth where they hang up the hose ; R for the Reel that the old folks propose; I for the Icicles seen through the pane; S For the Sleigh-bells with tinkling refrain ; T for the Tree with gifts all abloom; M for the Mistletoe hung in the room; A* for the Anthemns we all love to hear; S is for Santa whom children hold dear. Piano or phonograph plays something in 3-4 or 6-8 time, and the girls drill as follows: 1 — Wreath forward in front, back to chest. Repeat as many times as desired. 2 — Wreath forward at left and left foot one step advanced. Wreath and foot back to position. Repeat. 3 — Repeat 2 at the right. 4 — Wreath up before face, back to chest. Repeat. 5 — AVreath down arms length, back to chest. Repeat. 6 — Wreath at arm's length to the left in left hand; back to chest. 7 — Repeat 6 witb. wreath in right hand. 8 — Alternate 6 and 7. — Wreath forward, then above head, then down at arm's length, then on chest, held in both hands. HOLLY WREATH TIME 5 10 — Bend body forward at waist, at same time extending wreath at arm's length in front of body. Back to piosi- tion. 11 — Bend forward, at same time raising wreath over head. Then back to position. 12 — Odd-numbered children repeat 1, while even-numbered repeat 4. 13 — Odd-numbered children repeat 4, while even-num- bered ones repeat 1. 14 — Odd-numberC'd children repeat 6, while even-numbered ones repeat at 7, the latter falling back a step at the close of 13. 15 — Odd-numbered children repeat 7 while others repeat 6. 16 — Odd-numbers repeat 4, while others repeat 5. 17 — Odd-numbers repeat 5, while others repeat 4. Musio changes to march. ]M leads girls around left side of stage to rear, across rear-right corner, diagonally across to left-front corner, across front, down right side, halting at rear right corner with line behind her. Wreath at chest level in both hands during this march. When all about face they wil along the right side of platform, in this order M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S 6 HOLLY WREATH TIME Then hold the position until the last bars of the march are concluded, all marking time. Repeat march. On first beat of first measure all the girls except tUe S at the very front take one step to the left, on third beat bring right foot beside left. On first beat of second measure, all the girls except the A and tlie S take a step to the left, and so on until they arej deployed diagonally across the stage, in this manner: M E It E Y ^ , C H It I S T M A Mark time to end of the sixteenth measure of the music. At beginning of seventeenth measure about face and follow leader M across rear of stage, diagonally across from right rear corner to left front corner, across front, diagonally across from right front corner to left rear corner, across rear and off. Christmas Holly J^ir: "MY OWX a:MERICA, I LOVE BUT THEE" Edna R. Worrell First Girl: The Apple-Tree will always number with the best, Second Girl: And every one admires the Peach ; Third Girl: High in the Elm-Tree swings the oriole her nest, Fourth Girl: AVhile other birds prefer the Beech. Fifth Girl: The Cherry hands us fruit ripe and red; Sixth Girl: Catalpa blooms like snow-flakes are shed ; Seventh Girl : While the Oak is a king Whose praises we sing- Where 'er he lifts his head. Chorus : But when at Christmas time we want a bit of cheer, Then with leaves so summery-green, With berries red as embers burning bright and clear Oh, the HOLLY reigns the queen. Eighth Girl: All summer long the boys are watching Hickory, Ninth Girl: The Mountain-Ash has many a friend ; Tenth Girl: The Poplar keeps its well-earned popularity; . Eleventh Girl: With fruit the Pear-Tree's branches bend. Twelfth Girl: The Maple yields us sugar so sweet; 8 HOLLY WREATH TIME Thirteenth Girl: The Cocoa-Palm bears nuts ^ood to cat; Fourteenth Girl: While the giant Redwood Capped with a green hood Towers up three hundred feet. Chorus: Christmas Holly. iS^li^E^- _^? 0. -m *— f|^iE-^3=t^^?=^j^t=y^^: r?.3:SEl #— *- V — y—^^ *— *^-«t nz--^^ Chorus. |i;b:s=-=:r|i=p* — ^_*— p: -K— N- ■* — # ^ ^- p I N — ^ V— ^- EiEtzl? -^ — t^ — ^- rzzzit -=l=^ ^^fe^Ei^iEE' ^S Entertainments for All Oeeasions ^^•.•••••^•••••••••••••••••••"•"•••••••"•"••••"••••"•"••••••••••"••••"••••"•••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••■•fiaa.. Special Day Entertainments BEST CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES— Irish $0.40 CHOICE CHRISTMAS DIALOGUES AND PLAYS— Irish 40 CHOICE CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS— Irish 40 CHRISTMAS AT MCCARTHYS'— Guptill 25 CHRISTMAS AT PUMPKIN HOLLER— Guptill 25 CHRISTMAS EVE AT MULLIGAN'S— Irish 25 CHRISTMAS SPEAKIN' AT SKAGGS' SKULE— Irish 25 IN A TOY SHOP— Preston 25 THE PRIMARY CHRISTMAS BOOK— Irish 40 PUMPKIN PIE PETER— Irish 25 THE REUNION AT PINE KNOT RANCH— Irish 25 SNOWBOUND FOR CHRISTMAS— Preston 25 A STRIKE IN SANTA LAND— Preston 25 A THANKSGIVING CONSPIRACY— Irish 25 A THANKSGIVING DREAM— Preston 25 A TOPSY-TURVY CHRISTMAS— Guptill 25 Dialogues and Children's Plays ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR— Wilbur $0.25 DOLLS ON DRESS PARADE— Preston 25 A PARTY IN MOTHER GOOSE LAND— Preston 25 SNAPPY HUMOROUS DIALOGUES— Irish 40 Recitations and Pantomimes CATCHY PRIMARY RECITATIONS— Irish $0.30 OLD TIME SONGS PANTOMIMED— Irish 40 Plays THE DEAREST THING IN BOOTS— MacKenzie $0.25 THE GREAT CHICKEN STEALING CASE OF EBENEZER COUNTY— Richardson , 25 THE GREAT WHISKEY STEALING CASE— Richardson 25 MISS JANIE; OR, THE CURTAILED COURTSHIP— Bonham. .25 THAT AWFUL LETTER— MacKenzie 25 THE UNEXPECTED GUEST— MacKenzie 25 Monologues AS OUR WASHWOMAN SEES IT— MacKenzie $0.25 ASK OUIJA— MacKenzie 25 THE COUNTRY COUSIN SPEAKS HER MIND— MacKenzie . . .25 GLADYS REVIEWS THE DANCE— MacKenzie 25 I'M ENGAGED— MacKenzie 25 SHE SAYS SHE STUDIES— MacKenzie 25 SUSAN GETS READY FOR CHURCH— MacKenzie 25 PAINE PUBLISHING CO. Dayton, Ohio LIBRORY OF CONGRESS Entertainments foi 017 401 820 CHOICE CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS By Mane insn For children of all grades. Contents: 50 recitations, 8 mono- logues, 11 plays and dialogues, 5 drills and marches, 8 tableaux, 4 pantomimes, 8 pantomimed carols, 8 songs, etc. Price, 40 cents. THE PRIMARY CHRISTMAS BOOK By Marie Irish For children under ten years of age. Contents: 68 recitations, 12 exercises, 7 songs, 6 drills, 12 dialogues and plays, 9 pantomimes. Price, 40 cents. BEST CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES By Marie Irish Twelve pantomimes, each accompanied by complete words, directions and music. Some are serious and some are in a lighter vein. Price, 40 cents. CHOICE CHRISTMAS DIALOGUES AND PLAYS... By Marie Irish Ten dialogues for Primary Grades, 10 dialogues for Intermediate Grades and 8 plays for Grammar Grades. Price, 40 cents. CHRISTMAS AT MCCARTHYS' By Elizabeth F. Guptill Brimful of fun and Christmas spirit. For any number of young folks and children. Time, 30 minutes. Price, 25 cents. CHRISTMAS AT PUMPKIN* HOLLER By Elizabeth F. Guptill The old-fashioned school is rehearsing for the Christmas enter- tainment. Funny from beginning to end. Time, 30 minutes. For any number of children. Price, 25 cents. CHRISTMAS EVE AT MULLIGAN'S By Marie Irish For all grades. 4 males, 5 females. Time, 30 minutes. A most unusual play. Plenty of wit and humor as well as more serious episodes. Sure to be a success. Price, 25 cents. CHRISTMAS SPEAKIN' AT SKAGGS' SKULE By Marie Irish A back woods school entertainment is featured. Easy to pre- pare and plenty of fun. For 6 boys and 8 girls. Time, 30 minutes. Price, 25 cents. IN A TOY SHOP By Effa E. Preston In rhyme. For 12 or more small children. A clever little play that will please. Time, 20 minutes. Price, 25 cents. THE REUNION AT PINE KNOT RANCH By Marie Irish For upper grades. 5 males and 6 females. Time, 30 minutes. Plenty of fun and a great surprise. Price, 25 «ents. SNOWBOUND FOR CHRISTMAS By Marie Irish For 4 boys and 4 girls. For mixed grades. Time, 25 minutes. The older children play Santa Claus for the younger ones. Price, 25 cents. A STRIKE IN SANTA LAND By Effa E. Preston In rhyme. 8 boys, 7 girls. Time, 20 minutes. Very easy but effective. Price, 25 cents. A TOPSY-TURVY CHRISTMAS By Elizabeth F. Guptill Humorous. For any number of children under fourteen years of age. Time, 30 minutes. Price, 25 cents. PAINE PUBLISHING CO. Darton, Ohio