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News
from the Pageant
Getting Setup and Rehearsing
The 2012 Marion Easter Pageant to
be presented April 3, 2012 at the Marion YMCA
A few more live elements are being added
at the Coliseum at the YMCA
This year is the
75th Anniversary of the First Marion Easter Pageant Production!!
We are asking for all singers and community members who want to
be a part of the 500 person choir to join the Pageant. The rehearsals
are every Monday from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. at the Phillippe
Performing arts center at IWU. Join us next Monday.
*Note The Easter Pageant will take a year hiatus off after this
year to determine the community's desire to either grow the event, maintain
the event as presented this year or possibly take an indefinite break. Last
year was hugely successful and the committee is encouraged with the
community support.
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Volunteer participation is
invited and choir members are needed. Those who have sung in the Pageant
in years past are especially invited, however many more voices are
needed. It is not necessary to have performed previously.
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Singers may register at
the first rehearsal for participants on February 6, 2012 from 6:30 to 8
p.m at the Baker Recital Hall in the Philippe Performing Arts Center at
Indiana Wesleyan University. |
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Additional rehearsals will
continue on Monday nights until the Pageant, and singers may join at
later times. For more complete information about the Easter
Pageant choir call (765) 677-2152 |
Honoring the past; Engaging the present; and Planning
for the future
| “Honoring the past; engaging the present; and planning for the
future,” is the motto of a collaborative effort that is underway to
revitalize the Marion Easter Pageant. The hope is to call on those
who have helped with the Pageant in the past and to engage the youth
of today so that the Pageant will thrive and be passed on.
The mission statement of this collaborative effort is:
To revitalize the tradition and legacy of the Marion Easter
Pageant by highlighting and celebrating the life of Jesus Christ
through drama, dance and music. Engaging and uniting our community
through the reenactment and sharing of the gospel in the spirit of
the Lord’s mission.
They have also returned to the original principles of the
Pageant:
| (1) Total anonymity for all participants; |
| (2) No remuneration of any participants; and |
| (3) No political involvement or affiliations. |
Because of this, no names of the group are being used or given in
any stories about this effort to revitalize the long-standing
community effort. Also no one participating in the Pageant will be
named in the program.
The Marion Easter Pageant was first performed in 1937 and was
last done as a full production in 2003. The deterioration of the
Memorial Coliseum and waning interest contributed to the demise of
the full production. In years following 2003 there were some
attempts made to do the music and the video in various local
churches. This is an attempt to recreate the Pageant in its
original home with both a large movie screen and a high-quality
music presentation. |
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