Thursday, July 9, 2020
Tri-Community Christmas Network
This blog is part of the Tri-Community Christmas Network, which is under development.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Participate in this blog!
This blog pertains to Christmas stories and facts as it is celebrated in the town of Spruce Grove. Comment on this post and tell us what you would like to see in this blog!
If you want to participate even more, contact one of the administrators of this blog and we may be able to make you a volunteer author!
-Simon-Luc
If you want to participate even more, contact one of the administrators of this blog and we may be able to make you a volunteer author!
-Simon-Luc
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Monday, August 18, 2008
pg 270 -558 comments for As the Roots Grow
As the Roots Grow is the History Book for Spruce Grove. The links to the comments are no longer valid as the website has been changed. We hope to update this post in the near future 2021 or 2022.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Christmas At Queen Street School in Spruce Grove:
Excerpt from the Memoirs Of C. Stuart Ibsen -Selected by Johanna Ibsen and Edited by David Ibsen
“He [Stuart’s principal] used to kid me [Stuart] about being a teetotaller and one Christmas staff party gave me a whisky bottle full of tea all beautifully Christmas wrapped. We had a good staff and a good morale and generally got along well. That year we wrote a radio play about Sir John A. MacDonald and his wife riding through the Rockies on the first train across Canada in 1886. Lady McDonald rode part way on the cowcatcher of the train. We adapted the story from the grade six-reader story called "The Lady on the Cowcatcher". In case our readers may not know what a cowcatcher is I'll explain. The cowcatcher was a sort of V shaped metal platform on the front of the train. It's purpose was to throw any stray animal off the track so that the train wouldn't be derailed. We made an audiotape of the play. The kids used stones in a box to simulate the noise of a train starting up. One of the boys used a recorder for the whistle. There was also the sound of an avalanche made by tumbling rocks in a box. We sent the tape in and waited in anticipation for the next month's broadcast. Imagine our surprise when the radio program came on to hear the announcement that broadcast that day was to be lengthened to put on the full play. The class got a real boost in their enthusiasm for creative writing. Later we adapted it to a stage play and put it on in the Christmas concert. We built a cardboard engine about six feet high with a couple of cars behind it. This filled the stage. It was a big hit. One of the parents was a teacher at the Glenrose Hospital School. He asked us to put the play on at their school so we packed the whole thing up and performed again at Glenrose. It was a highlight of that school year…”
“He [Stuart’s principal] used to kid me [Stuart] about being a teetotaller and one Christmas staff party gave me a whisky bottle full of tea all beautifully Christmas wrapped. We had a good staff and a good morale and generally got along well. That year we wrote a radio play about Sir John A. MacDonald and his wife riding through the Rockies on the first train across Canada in 1886. Lady McDonald rode part way on the cowcatcher of the train. We adapted the story from the grade six-reader story called "The Lady on the Cowcatcher". In case our readers may not know what a cowcatcher is I'll explain. The cowcatcher was a sort of V shaped metal platform on the front of the train. It's purpose was to throw any stray animal off the track so that the train wouldn't be derailed. We made an audiotape of the play. The kids used stones in a box to simulate the noise of a train starting up. One of the boys used a recorder for the whistle. There was also the sound of an avalanche made by tumbling rocks in a box. We sent the tape in and waited in anticipation for the next month's broadcast. Imagine our surprise when the radio program came on to hear the announcement that broadcast that day was to be lengthened to put on the full play. The class got a real boost in their enthusiasm for creative writing. Later we adapted it to a stage play and put it on in the Christmas concert. We built a cardboard engine about six feet high with a couple of cars behind it. This filled the stage. It was a big hit. One of the parents was a teacher at the Glenrose Hospital School. He asked us to put the play on at their school so we packed the whole thing up and performed again at Glenrose. It was a highlight of that school year…”
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Instructions and Christmas Links to History Book
Use instructions for
St. Albert Christmas (History Book Project)
Also see examples and read about labels on http://sachristmas.blogspot.com/
Pages on Christmas in
As the roots grow
the history of Spruce Grove and district Editor Esther Lunan
39 43 53 67 77 78 79 101 113 114 118 119 120 121 129 133 135 137 157 168 169 181 182 183 185 186 193 207 212 218 234 248 262 266 267 268 see comments and see oher post for comments on remaining pages
St. Albert Christmas (History Book Project)
Also see examples and read about labels on http://sachristmas.blogspot.com/
Pages on Christmas in
As the roots grow
the history of Spruce Grove and district Editor Esther Lunan
39 43 53 67 77 78 79 101 113 114 118 119 120 121 129 133 135 137 157 168 169 181 182 183 185 186 193 207 212 218 234 248 262 266 267 268 see comments and see oher post for comments on remaining pages
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Parcel for Christmas Eve program Lost in Post Office Fire (3)
39 (Link to page) Usefulness Rating (3): Does not say very much about Christmas. It is of more interest on the history of the Post Office.
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