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Netherexe Voices presents....

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In these strange times, three short podcasts to remind us that it is, after all, still Christmas!

Episode 1 : Papa Panov's Special Christmas

A short story by Leo Tolstoy, read by Stewart Clapp
Papa Panov is expecting a special guest at Christmas, but will he arrive....?

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Episode Two: Village Voices

A festive medley of prose, poetry and music from the talented performers of Upton Pyne and Brampford Speke, young and old!
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The Nativity from The Bible
Read by Lisa Clapp
Something Beautiful New and Strange by Clive Samsom
Read by Helen Clapp
Winter Morning by Clive Samsom
Read by Lisa Clapp
Christmas Song
Composed and Sung by Stuart and Debbie Pearce
Christmas Morning By Stewart Clapp
Read by Helen Clapp
Rabbit’s Christmas Carol by Kit Wright
​Read by Emily Clapp

Christmas Day by Sterling Bradford, Noah Child and Marcus Emerson
Read by Tim Mirfin
Christmas Thankyous by Mick Gower     
Read by Jonathan Clapp
Carolling around the Estate by  Wes Magee  
Read by Helen Clapp
The Holly and the Ivy Arranged by Tim Mirfin
Performed by Tim, Clare, Lettie, Imogen and Dominic Mirfin
Verses from Christina Rossetti
Read by Stewart Clapp
Editing, sound effects and mastering
​Helen Clapp


Episode Three: In Their Own Words

From Playground Poems to Classroom Cracker Jokes with plenty of Festive Cheer along the way. The children of Brampford Speke School bookend a Yuletide offering to melt the hearts of even the hardest of Scrooges.
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Cold by Shirley Highes Read by Class 1 Brampford Speke School
Once in Royal David’s City
Arranged by Tim Mirfin
Soloist Imogen Mirfin
Choral singers Lettie, Imogen, Dominic and Tim Mirfin.
Christmas Shows by Stewart Clapp Read by Lisa Clapp
From the Carnival of Animals music by Sain-Saens, Poems by Ogden Nash:
The Swan Cellist Dominic Mirfin Pianist Tim Mirfin
Pianists Read by Dominic Mirfin
Elephants Read by Lettie Mirfin
Kangaroo Read by Imogen Mirfin
Mules Read by Lettie Mirfin
Swans Read by Dominic Mirfin
Tortoises Read by Imogen Mirfin
Cinders by Roger McGough
Read by Stewart Clapp
The Shepherd by Geoffrey Rusk
Read by Tim Mirfin
Bella meets Father Christmas by Stewart Clapp
Read by Helen Clapp
The Christmas Song by Robert Wells and Mel Torme  
Arranged and sung by Tim Mirfin
Christmas Jokes
Performed by Class 3 Brampford Speke Primary School
Reprise
Tim Mirfin
 
Editing, sound effects and mastering 
​Helen Clapp
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Episode Four: A Christmas Pageant 
Christmas stories, poetry and a double-act you won't want to miss.
Oh yes, and a talking sheep....
In loving memory of Jackie white 1957-2020
If you have been following these Podcasts you may recognise some of the children’s voices here. If they sound younger that’s because they were recorded in 2017 and played one sunny Sunday in December at what was sadly to prove to be the last village Pageant Jackie would attend.
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The Pageant written by Stewart Clapp
With grateful thanks to Gareth Owen for his poem A Quiet Night at the Bethlehem Inn from his anthology Icarus by mobile​
The cast: 
The Servers 
Stewart and Lisa Clapp
Lamby appears by kind permission of Emily Clapp
The Innkeeper
Helen Clapp
Isaac   
Ollie Marshall​
Rachel
Lettie Mirfin
Mia 
Imogen Mirfin 
Herod 
Tim Mirfin
Away in a Manger
sung by Lettie Mirfin
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Extract from Christmas by John Betjeman
Read by Stewart Clapp
A huge thank you to everyone who has worked hard and mastered new techniques and technology to make this possible
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Particular thanks for help, support and encouragement to
​Katie Cross, Margaret Lowe and all the staff at Brampford Speke School
 
We all wish you a
​Happy and Peaceful Christmas
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and hope that the podcast will bring a little warmth to what has been a chilling and extraordinary year.
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