Christmas Program at FCTV
Six children worked very hard during the month of November
to produce a Treasure Time Christmas program, with Lee Drescher at FCTV. The show
will run for the month of December and maybe into January, so watch for it on
channel13.
The name of the program is A Baker’s Dozen, and it is based on a folk tale from Albany, New
York, about a baker who never gave any more or less to his customers than the
exact amount. That is, until one day a mysterious lady in black appeared and
expected to receive thirteen Saint Nicholas cookies instead of twelve. Because
the baker would not give any more, business declined, and he grew poor. Just
before the following Christmas, Saint Nicholas appeared in a dream and talked
about being generous. The same mysterious lady came back, and this time the
baker conceded and gave her an extra cookie to make thirteen. Thus the term “a
baker’s dozen” was coined.
After Mrs. Treasure reads the story, a skit is performed by kids
ranging in age from six to thirteen. The baker is Nicholas Dreyer. His sister,
Caroline, has the part of Mrs. Miller as well as the Mysterious Lady in Black.
Emery O’Keefe from Bourne also has two parts, one as Hans and the other as
Tony, the band leader. Kelsey Crowley is Greta, one of the children who comes and
asks for cookies after school. Two boys from the FCTV youth class also have parts
in the skit. Nate O’Brien is St. Nicholas and Mattie O’Brien is Mr. Kraut. Manning
the camera were two volunteers, Gunar Kinat and Elliot Pribillla, a youth
producer, while Kevin Lynch assumed the role of head producer. The show
concludes with thirteen verses of Twelve Days of Christmas, with the thirteenth
verse being “thirteen bakers baking.”
Ms. Drescher founded Treasure Time Productions, which is a
non profit organization promoting literacy through the arts. Currently she
serves eight Head Start Centers in Boston. She taught afterschool drama for
seven years at KC Coombs School in Mashpee, and has also done projects with
Buzzards Play Productions in Wareham.
