District Students Bring 'Best Christmas Pageant Ever' To Residents

The Academy Street Theatre Group, an arts education program of the Cherokee County School District, will present its annual production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” this week.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday, Nov. 21 at River Ridge High School.

River Ridge is at 400 Arnold Mill Road in Woodstock. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Directed by Reed Christian, the show based on the book by Barbara Robinson features a cast and crew made up of 89 district students in grades 2-12.

“This uproarious Christmas show follows the Bradley family as they struggle to present a church Christmas pageant,” Christian said of the plot. “ Unfortunately, the Herdman children, the most feared and ill-behaved children in the community, decide they want to be cast as Mary, Joseph, the Angel of the Lord, the wise men and the shepherds. Chaos, pandemonium, and a great deal of fun are the result as these holy terrors begin to understand the real meaning of the Christmas season.”

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