Near Auditorium Square Park Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
EMMY ROSSUM “Autumn Leaves.”
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Carousing in the autumn leaves….
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Live Nativity c. 1999.
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Procession. Ocean Grove. December c. 1999. By Paul Goldfinger © Silver gelatin darkroom print.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
There was a time when this event was held outdoors. It was cold, but brief, and somehow, the reenactment seemed more real as actors and animals walked past the crowds, close enough to see the steam coming out of their mouths and then marching to the creche to pay their respects at the Auditorium Pavilion. You could even reach out and touch the two- humped camel where sometimes the front end moved in a slightly different direction than the back end.
The woman in front, carrying the star, looked like she might have time-travelled from another world, and maybe she did. It seemed as if she would soon vanish in a puff of smoke. Could she be a boardwalk angel?
JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND. From the film Eddie and the Cruisers
Live Nativity at the Great Auditorium—2011 in December
Posted in Ocean Grove events, tagged Live nativity in Ocean Grove on December 10, 2011| 7 Comments »
A crowd gathers at the manger.
Photos and text by Paul Goldfinger, editor @Blogfinger
It was about 40 degrees in the Great Auditorium tonight (Saturday, December 10) for the “live Nativity,” which occurs each year in Ocean Grove. It made you wish that Jesus had been born in July.
The large cast was made up mostly of kids dressed either as angels, shepherds or bedouins direct from the hills of Judea. They did a fine job of depicting the New Testament story of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. It was reminiscent of those old movies with a cast of thousands which portrayed Bible stories for the big screen. Charlton Heston would have fit right in.
Some of the actors were sharing costumes of animals like the two-humped camel with two kids inside. The Jesus from Firemen’s Park didn’t reappear, but tonight, in the manger with Mary and Joseph, was a young actor who played the roll of a live Jesus (I guess it might have been an actress) who stole the show and overacted a bit as he played with Joseph’s face, sucked on a pacifier and looked around at the lights.
The three wise men were actually three wise kids who got to hold the gold, frankincense and myrrh. Their job was to present the gifts to Jesus and wish him a Myrrhy Christmas.
A small combo led by J. Cortese provided some nice harmonies for familiar and not-so familiar carols. Rev. Scott Hoffman opened and closed the festivities with a prayer. A frigid good time was had by all. Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Getting ready for the show—-angels and members of the angelic string section
Animals and wise men show up
Angels, a bedouin, and a monk start a biblical rock band.
That’s all folks! Angels file out, sweetly singing o’er the plains.
They were busy tonight, but, in honor of all the angels in the Great Auditorium, here is a recording of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with “Angels We Have Heard on High.”: