2025-2026
Grade 1
Grade 1
Synopsis:
Grades 1 is faced with a problem! They can't be admitted to the Christmas Concert because they don’t have tickets! What a disappointment! Can you imagine Christmas without the Christmas concert?
But they are BIS students! Nothing can stop them! Determined, they decide to put on their own concert. But uh-oh… they can’t remember anything from music class! What now? They try their hardest to recall their favorite songs from when they were just little kids.
With many fun songs prepared, they begin to wonder, ‘For Whom Shall We Sing Our Song?’ They come to realize that they’ve forgotten the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who came to forgive, restore, save and strengthen us as God’s children! Thank you, Jesus~! Thank you, God! From now on, every move I make is for You, Jesus~! Lord, we lift Your Name on High!
Grade 1: Students will wear their pajamas for their performance
1학년: 학생들은 공연을 위해 잠옷을 입습니다.
Stage Position (teacher access only)
script on Google doc
Read-along Script on YouTube
(G1=Sleep)
Narrator ?: This is the story of BIS boys and girls.
Early in the morning, the grade 1’s awoke (G1=act) to the sound of a Christmas carol
(Background music = Carol of Bells) Music fades out)
G1 ?: “Listen~!
(G1=listening pose)
Sound of Christmas~!!”
Narrator ?: they said.
Narrator ?: They were so excited (G1=act excited)
that they decided to follow the sound (G1=point to their left).
Narrator ?: They jumped out of bed (G1=jump),
Narrator ?: washed their face (G1=wash),
Narrator ?: brushed their teeth (G1=brush),
Narrator ?: and out they went (G1=point to their left.).
But... Oops (G1=Freeze),
they forgot to change (G1=show what you are wearing).
Narrator ?: They were still in their pajamas! (G1=show)
Grade 1 : Uh oh~~~!
Narrator ?: They stopped (G1=act).
for a moment to think
G1 ?: ‘Shall we go back to get changed?’
(G1=Act=Thinking motion!)
Grade 1: ‘Nah~’ (G1=hand motion)
Narrator ?: they said,
background music for the March (up to 8 seconds)
and kept walking (G1=march) towards the sound of Christmas.
Narrator ?: They marched the whole way,
their big smiles (G1=give biggest smile ever!) gleaming in the sun.
Zoe and Yujin lead the dance, Class follow
Narrator ?: Finally, they arrived!
Narrator ?: They were standing in front of a beau~~~~tiful concert hall. (G1=stop)
Narrator ?: They were so excited (G1=act excited)
They hurrayed (G1=Hurray)
Narrator ?: and high-fived each other. (G1=high five) "
Narrator ?: When they were about to step into the beau~~~~tiful concert hall (G1=step in motion),
they were stopped (G1=freeze),
by the man at the ticket counter.
Doorman ?: "Wait a minute!"
Grade 1: “Yes, Sir~?”
Doorman ?: You need a ticket to get in!
Grade 1: “A What?!”
Doorman ?: A ticket!
G1 ?: “But, we do not have any money.”
Doorman ?: Then you cannot come in!
Grade 1: “For crying out loud,”
Narrator ?: Grade 1s bellowed as they left the concert hall.
(sit down looking sad)
Narrator ?: Meanwhile, in the concert hall…
(play bg music)
Beau~~~tiful music resounded…
(Act like you're trying to catch the faint sound from far away.)
Background music
(Speak, when the bg music and cheering is over)
G1-Line 3: “Hey, I think the concert is over…”
G1-Line 2: “What? Over? It can’t be!”
G1-Line 1: “No Christmas concert for us?”
Grade 1: Oh no~!
Narrator ?: They were sad. Looking very sad, they started to sing a song.
Where are you Christmas? Why can't I find you? Why have you gone away..
Where is the laughter? You used to bring me. Why can't I hear music play?
My world is changing, I'm rearranging. Does this mean Christmas changes too.
Where are you Christmas? Do you remember? The one you used to know. I'm not the same one. See what the time's done… Is that why you have let me go.
(G1 Action = As the song ends, everyone's head down)
Narrator ?: But! they were not going to stay sad!
(G1 Action = head up!)
Grade 1s were in the mood for the Christmas concert.
Narrator ?: Since they could not get into the concert hall, they decided to put on their own concert.
(G1 Zoe, Yujin, Chloe jump up, excited)
Line 1: "Hey, guys! Let's make our own concert!"
(Line 3 stand up, excited and speak!)
Line 3: "Great idea!"
(Line 2 stand up, and speak):
Line 2: "Do you guys remember the songs we learned at school?"
Narrator ?: So they thought very, very hard for a long, long time.
(sit down to think)
Background music
Narrator ?: 30 minutes passed. (tick tock tick tock)
1 hour passed, (tick tock tick tock)
and 2 hours passed. (tick tock tick tock)
Narrator ?: Still, they couldn’t remember the rhythms they learned from the music class.
Grade 1: Uh oh~~~
Narrator ?: So, grade 1 decided to get help from the upper grade.
Grade 1: “Hey~ Grade 5”
Grade 1: “Help us~”
Narrator ?: Out they came, Grade 5
Grade Older ?: “Yes, cutie pies~”
G1-Line 3: “Excuse me! Cutie Pies?!”
Narrator ?: Grade 1s looked offended.
G1-Line 3: “We are not babies!
G1-Line 2: We are the grade 1s
G1-Line 1: who rock in our school shoes!”
G1 Line 3: “Don’t call us cute,
G1 Line 2, 1: ‘cause we are cool”
Grade 5: “Yes, yes, You are right. You are the cool grade 1s.”
Grade 5: “So..What can I help you with?”
Grade 1: (hesitant)
"Well, the thing is…"
Narrator Rowun:
"We're trying to put on a concert, but we can't remember…" (G1 students shrug their shoulders)
"…anything we learned in our music class." (G1 students gesture, moving their right hand with one finger from the center to the right)
Grade 5: “Oh yes, I can help you with that.
Narrator Yoohyun: G5 said,
Grade 5: You probably remember singing this from your class.
Grade 5: Who is worthy of our praise?
Grade 1: “Our God!
Lord, I lift Your Name on high!”
Lord I lift Your name on high
Lord I love to sing Your praises
I'm so glad You're in my life
I'm so glad You came to save us
You came from heaven to earth to show the way
From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay
From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky
Lord I lift Your name on high
G1 Line 3: But I wish we had one more song.
G1 Line 2, 1: Do you know any other songs we can play?
G1 Rowen: I used to know lots of fun songs when I was a young boy….
G1 Yujin: Yeah, when I was a young girl,
G1 Zoe, Chloe: I used to sing many fun songs with my mom…
When I was a young boy, young boy, young boy,
When I was a young boy, then oh then,
Ha ha this away, ha ha that away
Ha ha this away, then oh then.
When I was a young girl, young girl, young girl,
When I was a young girl, then oh then,
Ha ha this away, ha ha that away
Ha ha this away, then oh then.
Merry Merry Christmas, Good time, Fun time,
Merry Merry Christmas, wish to you.
Narrator Rowun: So when you were a young girl,
Narrator Yoohyun: When you were a young boy,
Narrator Yoohyun & Rowun: What did you sing with your mom?
G1 Zoe, Yujin, Chloe: Well, my mom and I used to sing this song,
Grade 1: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
G1 Zoe, Chloe: I love the excitement and joy of Christmas!
G1 Yujin: Let us rejoice~! Hava Nagila~!
Grade 1 + Narrators: Hava Nagila!
Hava nagila, hava nagila
Hava nagila ve-nis'mecha
Hava nagila, hava nagila
Hava nagila ve-nis'mecha
Hava neranena, hava neranena
Hava neranena venis'mecha
Uru, uru achim
Uru achim belev same'ach
Zoe, Yujin, Chloe: “Our concert is great~!”
G1 Line 3: “Now that we have great music,
G1 Line 2: For whom shall we play our music?
G1 Line 1: We need the audience!”
Narrator Yoohyun: “Well, You know it’s Christmas time... But many of us forget the original meaning of Christmas.
Narrator Rowun: Christmas is the day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, to remember how much God loves us.”
G1 Line 3: Well, we love our God, too!
G1 Line 2: We will sing for you God! You are worthy of our praise!
G1 Line 1: Not only that, we will follow our Savior Jesus Christ!
Grade 1: Every Move I make, it’s for you, God!
Every move I make, I make in you / You make me move, (Jesus)
Every breath I take I breath in you
Every step I take, I take in you / You are my way (Jesus)
Every breath I take I breath in you
(Singin) Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na~
Waves of mercy Waves of grace
Everywhere I look I see your face
Your love has captured me
Oh my God, this love, how can it be?
G1 Line 2: For God so loved the world
G1 Line 1: that He gave his one and only son,
Narrator Rowun: that whoever believes in him will have eternal life!
Grade 1: Thank you, Jesus!
Grade 1: We love you!~
Narrator Yoohyun: The BIS students sang with all their hearts,
Narrator Rowun: : all their minds.
Narrator Yoohyun: and all their strength to
Narrator Rowun & Yoohyun: praise their God.
(Song from Paul’s Class "Give Thanks"
Give thanks with a grateful heart,
give thanks to the Holy One;
give thanks, because he’s given
Jesus Christ, his Son.
Give thanks with a grateful heart,
give thanks to the Holy One;
give thanks, because he’s given
Jesus Christ, his Son.
And now let the weak say ‘I am strong’,
let the poor say ‘I am rich’,
because of what the Lord has done for us;
and now let the weak say ‘I am strong’,
let the poor say ‘I am rich’,
because of what the Lord has done for us.
Give thanks…
Rade 1: Merry Christmas~!