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Beaver Island school repeats “The Angel’s Christmas Song”, 1956

Also 1956 Beaver Island school Christmas pageant

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TypeEvent
Date1956-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1956-12
Kind
Performance
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Community School
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationcommunityrecreation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1957 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island’s school repeated “The Angel’s Christmas Song” Christmas pageant by popular demand, with the entire school participating.

Evidence and limits

The issue gives the production’s reported authorship and direction but not its performance date, cast, attendance, script, or recording.

Sources

  1. Reports that, by popular demand, the Beaver Island school repeated the previous year’s Christmas pageant, “The Angel’s Christmas Song,” with the entire school taking part. It says the production was written by a Dominican Sister of Michigan and directed by the Island Sisters. It does not provide the performance date, cast list, attendance, script, or recording. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1957-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the retrospective pageant report; it does not expand the cast, attendance, or production record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school repeats “The Angel’s Christmas Song”, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-angels-christmas-song-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1957, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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