Testimonials

“Thank you so much! Count me as a fan forever!”

“Outstanding, professional, fun, innovative, creative and full of life!
I highly recommend A Mouse Christmas to all Churches who would like to have a fresh, creative production that can be a breath of fresh air for any congregation or community.
Our Pastor was extremely pleased with the incredible turnout, parents were absolutely delighted and many people were genuinely touched by the event!
“A Mouse Christmas” was an outstanding success for our Church.”

I thought you’d appreciate this little ditty composed by someone who is a real novice at this directing stuff….shows my state of mind the night before the pageant as I was finishing up the costumes. (Note I substituted Grand parents for Mama and Papa)

WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!?!?!?
7 Mice, 6 lambs, 2 horses, a cow, a pig and a chicken. Did I really think
we could MAKE all of those costumes?
And those SONGS…..did I really think they would LEARN them?
A FIREPLACE? WHY DO WE NEED A FIREPLACE? What’s that? You want STOCKINGS?!?!??! And you say there aren’t enough STOCKINGS for the number of MICE?
No, Jason, you don’t need to hold the microphone for everyone else to speak into.
Alright, kids, be honest with me…..how many of you have NO idea what the words are to this song? How many do? Ok, Those of you who KNOW the words, sing…..those who don’t, don’t. (That should do it, right?)
What the heck do you MEAN we have to get the three and four year olds in there with “Away in a Manger?”
Yes, Mary, you can wear a pillow under your outfit because Mary is, after all, pregnant. And yes, Joseph, it’s ok to use the word “pregnant.” Except for you, grandpa, you can substitute the phrase “with child” if it makes you uncomfortable to say “pregnant.”
I’m sorry you didn’t get to be a Lamkin, Tara, maybe next year.
Jason, if I have to tell you one more time to put that microphone down, I am reassigning your part. (Surely they don’t know that the programs are already printed)
Please, please, please stop tearing up the hay. We need to have some left for the manger. Sorry, Katherine, I didn’t know you were allergic. Remind me next year and I’ll make sure you aren’t in the manger scene.
Mr. Sound Man, please just do as I say.
The lower you play the music, the lower they will sing. It’s that simple. Blast me out of here. Hey, kids, how many times are you going to hear an adult give you PERMISSION to YELL in the Fellowship Hall? SPEAK UP!
…..no, no, only when you have a line, smarty pants.
Yes, sweetheart, I did hear that you have a new baby sister at home, but I don’t think she can play Baby Jesus JUST yet. What? Yes, I know she would do really well at the crying part.
Yes, honey, I know that the script calls for Grandma to be knitting, but why don’t we make sure we know all of our own lines and staging points before we start worrying about someone else’s?
JASON GET YOUR FOOT OFF THAT MICROPHONE STAND!!!!!
Oh, my goodness, I forgot the star for the manger scene. Note #101 to
Director……find star.
What exactly enticed me to tackle all of this?! What made me think that we had to make it THAT much better than last year? Someone start praying. I sense a fainting spell!
What’s that, Lisa? Oh, sweetie, you’re welcome. I loved doing it.

“Dear Bruce,
As you know, we put on your musical in church the last 2 nights, Saturday and Sunday. The response was great! Our church sanctuary seats about 750. And on the first night – it was 80% full. But last night (after word got around) – it was full and bursting at the seams! We had to put extra chairs and still there was only standing room and every little bit of space was a body! We think there were about 850 people. It was great. Full of kids in the audience too.
We built a big main stage in the front where the choir usually sits (the angel choir, innkeepers, Mary and Joseph, stable scene etc. were up there), and the mouse family had their own island stage up front (so did the shepherds and their cut out sheep!). A church member got a sponsor for the HUGE backdrop which was made very professionally – showing the desert night with mountains.
The audience on both nights was very encouraging and clapped at every song and act as well as the nice costumes. The camel stole the show for the 2 nights. As per your production aids, we had 2 little boys dressed in brown but legs sticking out and heads sticking out like humps and a fake camel head. They did a cool ‘walk and dance’ and ‘jump around’ and the people really loved them. Of course the camel head (which was beautifully made by one of our members) swayed to the movements and added on the little bit of extra oomph!
The kids had such a good time, Bruce. They really enjoyed themselves and exceeded all our expectations. We were terrified they would not be able to learn their lines or get stage fright or something – but with God’s grace, they were simply marvelous.
After the show, we had a brief PowerPoint presentation (narrated by one of the kids) and special offering (with “Give Thanks” being sung by Mother Mouse) for World vision– Sponsor a Child and all collections on both nights will be given to sponsor poor children in Asia.
It’s the first time Wesley Church has ever done a full scale kid’s production and the feed back was huge! The church members could not believe how great the kids were and how professionally done the whole production was. They loved the songs!! I think they came expecting very little (because they’re kids after all ….) and they came away agog! Praise God. The kids of course were so pleased that they were such a hit. We had an after show party last night – and up until 11 pm – they were wide awake, taking photos, chatting and having a great time. We have been asked to do more kids’ musicals – heh heh …. We’ll see … it’s all be quite exhausting!!!
So, we are all terribly grateful that God has blessed you and Jennifer with this gift of children and music and that you have shared it with us. We do wish you could have been here with us these last 2 nights. We had such a blast! We have lots of photos and hopefully a VCD of the show which I will be sending you soon. It’s been great working with you – you’ve been a great support and help whenever we needed it – and we really appreciate it. God bless you and Jennifer and keep writing those songs!!!!
Yours in Christ”

“Many thanks and blessings to you and your wife. We finally held our production of A Mouse Christmas yesterday. From all accounts it was professionally done in all aspects. The sets were incredible. The kids were flawless. And your words and music really reached the hearts of many people!
Our plan is to make this an annual event in our community as there is no such family opportunity currently. Thank you so much for A Mouse Christmas. It is truly a blessing. One woman, whose anniversary of her mothers death was yesterday as well, told me she was struggling to find meaning in Christmas this year and, through your musical, found the answer! God Bless!”