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Getting Setup and Rehearsing 2002

Getting Setup and Rehearsing

 

No Easter Pageant performance for 2013

The Easter Pageant will take a year hiatus in 2013 as the future of the Pageant is planned.

 

2012 was the 75th Anniversary of the First Marion Easter Pageant Production!!

 

 

*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:

 

bullet(1) Total anonymity for all participants;
bullet(2) No remuneration of any participants; and
bullet(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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