Island school children perform ’Twas the Night Before Christmas’

Four- and 5-year-old students at School for Constructive Play perform Dec. 16 in the school’s Christmas play, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas (on Anna Maria Island)” by Christine Shuck. The performance was held in the sanctuary at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Holmes Beach — where the school holds classes. The group is lead by teachers Pam Bertrand and Barb Burgess. For more of what photographer/Mom Anne Yarbrough called “ridiculously cute” school pageant pics, see page 3.

School for Constructive Play students Wilder King, 4, Reagan Shuck, 5, and Bayla Lance, 4, wave to their audience Dec. 16 as they make their entrance to the stage at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Holmes Beach — where the school holds classes — to perform “’Twas the Night Before Christmas (on Anna Maria Island)” by Christine Shuck. Islander Photos: Courtesy Anne Yarbrough

School for Constructive Play student Jack Melancon, 7, left, plays Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer in the school’s Dec. 16 Christmas play alongside Dylan Sato, 9, as Santa Claus and Brandon Sato, 8, and Ella Melancon, 6, as Santa’s bodyguard reindeers.

School for Constructive Play student Riley Shuck, 2, plays the sticks Dec. 16 as a reindeer in the school’s Christmas play.

School for Constructive Play teachers Denise Richard Reo, Gracie Lewis and Robin Galon’s classes of 1- and 2-year-old students perform Dec. 16 during the school’s Christmas play at Gloria Dei.