Staff/Faculty Play - Scrooge

The Social Committee at the school decided to put on a play to raise money for charity. Over 20 faculty and staff performed the play Scrooge. Brenda was a dancer to introduce the Ghosts, Ty (the only child in the play) played Tiny-Tim and Scott played Scrooge (Act II). For two weeks the performers, dancers and singers practiced after the school day – it was very hard work, but a fun activity to participate in. There were two shows with over 250 people in attendance in the second show.

Ebenezer Scrooge (Peter Mc Murray and Scott McLean) is the main character in Charles Dicken’s 1843 novel, “A Christmas Carol/Scrooge”. He is a very cold-hearted, selfish man, who has no love for Christmas, children, or anything that even resembles happiness. A quote from the book reads "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice ..." His last name has come into the English language as miserliness, traits displayed by Scrooge in the exaggerated manner for which Dickens is well-known. The story of his transformation by the three Ghosts of Christmas Past (Simon Otieno), Present (Les Wilkins) and Yet to Come (Anne – Marie Conn) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in some cultures. Scrooge's phrase, "Bah, humbug!" has been used to express disgust with Christmas traditions in modern times. The inspiration for Charles Dickens' character was a grave marker for an Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie. The marker identified Scroggie as a “meal man” (corn merchant), but Dickens misread this as “mean man”.