“Tis The Season” – A Christmas Musical

By Bro. Samuel Gutierrez

For the last few years, RIOT has performed a Dinner Drama at The Anchor Church. We started out with 60 guests the first year. Last year, we had over 120. Why has it grown? Because RIOT does it’s best to put together an evening of good food and wonderful holiday skits and plays.
It is work, work, and work. For weeks, there are rehearsals, background painting, prop gathering, and advertisement. Then the days leading up to the Dinner Drama are even more intense with added rehearsals, stage prepping, and menu planning. The last 48 hours are grueling and push us to the limit. Even up to the last moments before the performance we will find our staff ironing out details to make the Dinner Drama a success.
We always have people who give greatly of themselves to ensure that we fulfill our goals during the Dinner Drama. What are those goals?
To serve delicious food.
To perform skits and plays that have a Christmas message.
To get many of our youth involved in a worthwhile project.
To raise funds for our annual Youth Camp in February.
These have all been accomplished due to individuals that work and sacrifice for something that has become an Anchor tradition.
This year, we are developing a musical called, “Tis The Season” – A Christmas Musical. This type of play will be a first for RIOT. We look forward to using the many skills and talents of our youth. Especially from Brittanie (Music Director), Justin (Script Director), and Alexa (Set Designer). We cannot overlook the “chef”, Sister Dolly, who has done an outstanding job of preparing a legendary meal each year. There are many others. I do not have room to mention them all.
We hope you come, but get your tickets early. We expect a record crowd!