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PART THREE— DEDICATION OF BIRD-BATH 



Boys' Chorus Sings. 



I. Bath presented. 



II. Speech of thanks by Father Robin. 

 III. Bird Pledge by School. 

 IV. Birds flutter around Bath, 



V. Orchestra. 



Directions.— Re^ierwQ front of stage for visitors. To left of stage, shrubs and bushes; 

 entrance for Father Time, Mother Nature and Flowers. To right of stage, seats for 

 orchestra and school. Background filled with trees. Center back of stage, house and a 

 few feet in front, slightly to right, bird-cage. Left center of stage, inside of shrubs and 

 bushes, a tree with three shrubs running diagonally across toward right front of stage. 

 A few feet in front of this tree is placed a bird's nest. A bird-bath stands on right front 

 well toward the footlights. 



EXPLANATION 

 PART ONE— INTRODUCTION 



Father Time and Mother Nature slowly enter the place selected for the pageant. 

 Father Time carries a large dial on which is printed the seasons. Mother Nature car- 

 ries a wand of branches of different trees. They cross stage once, then Father Time turns 

 the dial to point to Spring. Mother Nature looks at his sign, then slowly waves her 

 wand. A little girl, dressed to represent a crocus, trips forward and dances. When she 

 finishes she glides to the back of the stage and Mother Nature again waves her wand 

 when girls, dressed to represent a violet, a daffodil, and a tulip, each come on separately 

 and dance. As the last flower finishes, the other three join her and all dance to the 

 back of the stage. 



Mother Nature waves her wand again and all of the birds in their costumes flutter 

 forward and flit, dip, and glide around. Soon they all fly into the woods at back of the 

 stage. Again the wand is waved and two little Wrens from the primary room come on to 

 stage and flit and dip while the rest of the room sing the "Wren Song." Then at the 

 call of the wand three children representing Woodpeckers come forward and tap on 

 trees while their room sings the "Woodpecker Song." 



Next, one boy, dressed as a Crow, comes forth and clog-dances. He is followed by 

 seven little Hummingbirds who flit and twist and turn on all parts of the stage as their 

 room sings about the "Hummingbird." 



Last come five little Swallows, who dip gracefully as their room sings the "Swal- 

 low Song." 



Father Time and Mother Nature leave the stage as it is being made ready for Part 

 Two, and all of the little birds hover around the woods at the back of the stage, where 

 they can be seen but not heard. 



PART TWO— BIRD-LIFE 



A Robin's nest, large enough to hold three little children and a doll dressed to repre- 

 sent a Robin, should be put in place before the pageant begins and kept from view by a 

 screen. A bird's nest containing another doll Robin is placed in a tree that is near by. 

 A cage made of wire netting and large enough to hold one of the children, who repre- 

 sents a little Robin, is in the center back of the stage. It is screened off during Part One. 

 (Four attendants remove the screens at the right time.) Three children, dressed in 

 green, each holding a bush behind which to hide, sit down in different parts of the stage. 



