For the Conductor, you will recite your lines (green) AND do the actions listed here:

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1 For the Male Lead, you will recite your lines (green) AND do the actions listed here: Lead: That s strange. This bell doesn t work. Lead: continues to shake the bell. Then he closes his eyes and says: Lead: Okay..I believe..i believe Then as he shakes the bell, the sound of the bell can be heard. Lead: opens eyes wide, in surprise! Billy: AUDITION IS THE DUET PART in the song When Christmas Comes to Town For the Conductor, you will recite your lines (green) AND do the actions listed here: Tickets, please. Repeat it several times.. He stops in front of LEAD and says: Young man, do you have a ticket? LEAD: Uh, uh He looks at CONDUCTOR kind of blankly. Look in your pocket. He looks in one pocket. Look in your OTHER pocket. He looks in the other one and magically finds a ticket! Very good. He winks at LEAD, punches his ticket and exits stage area. Young girl: AUDITION IS THE DUET PART in the song When Christmas Comes to Town OLIVER (IF BOY) OR Penelope (IF GIRL), you will recite your lines (purple) AND do the actions listed here: OLIVER: Hey, you! Do you know what kind of a train this is? YOUNG GIRL: Of course! It s a magic train. OLIVER: Actually, it s a Baldwin 284S3 Class Y2 type steam locomotive built in 1931 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It weighs 456, 100 pounds and has a track with top speed at (gets interrupted by LEAD).

2 Sarah (sister), you will recite your lines (pink) AND do the actions listed here: LEAD and SISTER are sitting around the Christmas tree with MOM and DAD watching, as Sister sings Christmas songs softly and plays around under the Christmas tree, moving presents around. Narrator 1: On Christmas morning my little sister Sarah and I opened our presents. Narrator 2:When it looked as if everything had been unwrapped, Sarah found one last small box behind the tree. ALISSA: Hey! Look! There s one more present and it has YOUR name on it! She hands the box to LEAD who then opens it up. Santa Claus you will recite your lines (red) AND do the actions as the Narrator directs: Santa lifts up the bell and says to the audience: SANTA (PETER): The first gift of Christmas! This bell is a wonderful symbol of the spirit of Christmas, just as I am. Just remember: The true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart. Narrator 2: A clock struck midnight as the elves roared their approval. Narrator 1: Santa handed the bell to me, and I put it in my bathrobe pocket. SANTA: looks at his watch and says, Oh, my. Look at the time. We must be going if we are going to get all of the toys delivered on time! Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas to all! And exits stage, waving and saying ho ho ho.merry Christmas

3 Narrator 1 AND Narrator 2, the part should mostly be memorized and just glance at the script as reminders. TELL the story.don t just read it. Narrator 1 (boy): We climbed mountains so high it seemed as if we would scrape the moon. Narrator 2 (girl): But the Polar Express never slowed down. Faster and faster we ran along, rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster. Narrator 2: The mountains turned into hills, the hills to snow-covered plains. Narrator 1: We crossed a barren desert of ice the Great Polar Ice Cap. Narrator 2: Lights appeared in the distance. sailing on a frozen sea. They looked like the lights of a strange ocean liner MOM and DAD, you will recite your lines (Mom purple and Dad Brown) AND do the actions as the Narrator directs: Narrator 1: I shook the bell. It made the most beautiful sound my sister and I had ever heard. But my mother said: MOM: Oh, dear. That s too bad. DAD: Yes, it s broken. Child 1, 2 and 3 and the ELVES - you will recite your lines (1 brown, 2 orange and 3 pink) AND do the actions as the Narrator directs; Elves will dance around at the end of this audition as directed here. Narrator 2: The North Pole. It was a huge city standing alone at the top of the world, filled with factories where every Christmas toy was made. CHILD 1: But where are the elves? They are gathering at the center of the city. first gift of Christmas. That is where Santa will give the CHILD 2: Who receives the first gift? He will choose one of you. CHILD 3: Look! The elves! Elves skip down the hallway beside the stage and down in front of the stage, then down the aisle and hang around down front.

4 SINGING AUDITIONS: Duet: When Christmas Comes to Town BOY: I m wishing on a star and trying to believe that, even though it s far, he ll find me Christmas Eve. I guess that Santa s busy cause he s never come around. I think of him when Christmas comes to town. GIRL: The best time of the year when everyone comes home; with all this Christmas cheer it s hard to be alone. Putting up the Christmas tree with friends who come around, it s so much fun when Christmas comes to town. GIRL: Presents for the children wrapped in red and green. BOY: All the things I ve heard about but never really seen. BOTH: No one will be sleeping on the night of Christmas Eve, hoping Santa s on his way. Girl: When Santa s sleigh bells ring, Boy: I listen all around. Girl: The herald angels sing. Girl: And all the dreams of children, Boy: I never hear a sound. Boy: once lost will all be found. BOTH: That s all I want when Christmas comes to town. It s the Spirit of the Season Verse 1 People smile as they pass you by; The day will be here soon. Dreams are dancing in the children s eyes. Hearts are singing, bells are ringing, too. verse 2 Snow is falling as you rush downtown, The city seems to glow. Laughter mixes with the happy sounds. Hearts are singing, bells are ringing, too.

5 Believe Verse 1: Children, sleeping. Snow is softly falling. Dreams are calling, Like bells in the distance. We were dreamers, Not so long ago. But one by one, we All had to grow up. When it seems the magic slipped away... We find it all again on Christmas Day. Verse 2: Trains move quickly To their journey's end. Destinations... Are where we begin again. Ships go sailing, Far across the sea. Trusting starlight, To get where they need to be. When it seems that we have lost our way... We find ourselves again on Christmas Day.