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Sanders Family Christmas

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  3w, 4m

Written by Connie Ray
Conceived by Alan Bailey

Musical Arrangements by John Foley and Gary Fagin

In this sequel to the ever-popular New York hit Smoke on the Mountain, the Sanders family returns to Mount Pleasant, NC, home of the Mount Pleasant Pickle Factory. It's Christmas Eve, 1941.

Sanders Family Christmas

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences, Christmas/Holiday, Period, Faith-based
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary
Sanders Family Christmas is the sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey’s wildly successful bluegrass gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain. It’s December 24, 1941, and America is going to war. So is Dennis Sanders, of the Sanders Family Singers. Join Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe and the rest of the Sanders family as they send Dennis off with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five Southern Gospel Christmas favorites.

Cast Attributes
MERVIN OGLETHORPE - pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, early 30s
BURL SANDERS - father, 40s
VERA - mother, 40s
STANLEY - uncle, 40s
DENNIS and DENISE - twins, 20s
JUNE - sister, mid-20s
  • Time Period 1940s / WWII
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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    Sanders Family Christmas

Music

Song Samples

Sample of Samphony Tracks for Sanders Family Christmas

ACT 1

GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN, REJOYCE
 - Traditional
CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' - by Tex Logan
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH - Traditional
A COUNTRY KIND OF CHRISTMAS - by Peggy Newman and Jimmy C. Newman
CACTUS CHRISTMAS TREE - by Ruth Roberts and bill Katz
MERRY CHRISTMAS DOWN HOME - by Alan Bailey
I WONDER AS I WANDER - Traditional
CHRISTMAS IN THE MOUNTAINS - by William Lewis Castle
WAR MEDLEY
- ONWARD, CHRISTIANS SOLDIERS - by Arthur Sullivan and Sabine Baring-Gould
- I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD - Traditional
- KEEP ON THE FIRING LINE - Traditional
- HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT - Traditional
JOY TO THE WORLD - Traditional


ACT 2

DID YOU EVER GO SAILING? - by Albert E. Brumley
LONGING FOR THAT HALLELUJAH DAY - by Alan Bailey
I'VE BEEN CHANGED - by Mosie Lister
CHRISTMAS IN OTHER LANDS MEDLEY
- NOCHE DE PAZ - Traditional
- GRANDPA'S DONE GONE CRAZY - by Joel McNeely and Connie Ray
- BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA - Traditional
- NOSE TO NOSE - by Joel McNeely and Connie Ray
AWAY IN A MANGER - Traditional
BELL MEDLEY
- CAROLING, CAROLING - by Wihla Hutson and Alfred Burt
- JINGLE BELLS - Traditional
- CHRISTMAS BELLS - by Harry Filler and Leonard Rosen
- WITH BELLS ON - by Dolly Parton
BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM - Traditional
CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONG
- HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING - Traditional
- THE FIRST NOEL - Traditional
- OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL - Traditional
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN - Traditional
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS - Traditional

8 Piano-Conductor (This is a lead sheet style piano-conductor score.)

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This score has been arranged to accomodate a wide variety of players' talents. While we have specified piano-vocal parts and guitar chords, we encourage each production's musicians to create a unique instrumentation that reflects their abilities. While some groups may find it impossible to use all the instruments in the list below, we strongly advise using at least piano, guitar, bass, and percussion.

The original production added the following instruments:

Piano
Guitar
Banjo
Mandolin
Stand-Up Bass
Dobro
Fiddle
Autoharp
Ukulele
Harmonica
Accordion
Concertina
Pitch Pipe
Percussion (Wooden Spoons, Tambourine, Washboard With Scrub Brush, Cymbal, Cowbell, Sleigh Bells, Various Bells, Basket-wicker with beans, Triangle, Drumsticks and Mallets)

Performance Tracks Available (Additional Fee)

  • Musical Style Country/Western, Folk
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Small/Combo
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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Note: This orchestration includes a lead sheet style piano-conductor score for flexible instrumentation. See the orchestration tab (above) for more information.

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Authors

Connie Ray

Connie Ray is a playwright and actress who divides her time between LA and NYC. She wrote the musicals Smoke on the Mountain, Sanders Family Christmas and Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, three of Samuel French’s most popular titles. Her musicals and plays have been produced ...

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Alan Bailey

Alan Bailey co-authored one of the country’s most frequently produced musicals, Smoke on the Mountain, which ran more than 500 performances at the Lamb's Theatre in New York, garnering award nominations from the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and the Stage Directors and Ch ...

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Gary Fagin

John Foley

John Foley is a teacher (Northwestern University and NSCDS) and performer/musician in Evanston, IL.
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