The Tale Of 3 Trees is a mini-musical with a massive heart. This bestselling musical for 7-11s is a beautiful retelling of a poignant Christian folk tale, with values of purpose and belonging that are important to us all! With four stunning songs and a simple script, this Easter musical is ideal for assemblies, Easter performances and Sunday School groups.
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WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT
It’s timeless, it’s simple, it’s feel-good!
About The Tale Of 3 Trees
This wholesome story is one of our bestsellers at Easter! Here’s why:
THE SONGS
There are four simple and catchy songs that are full of the expectation, disappointment and ultimate joy of the story – from a groovy woodcutters’ song to a beautifully simple ballad of disappointment, these are songs your class are going to love!
THE STORY
This story is based on a Christian folk tale about three little trees growing up on the mountaintop who have big dreams of what they want to become, but one by one those hopes are dashed as they are chopped down and turned into seemingly insignificant things. However, God has an amazing plan for each tree – a plan that goes beyond any of their wildest dreams as they find themselves at the heart of the story of Jesus.
THE CHARACTERS
This musical works really well as a whole-class production as it includes not just the three trees, but narrators, carpenters, Mary and Joseph and more! You can also adapt this script to work for smaller classes or Sunday School groups!
THE EXTRAS
This musical comes with handy teaching ideas as well as staging and prop suggestions!
THE VERDICT
‘What a delightful, easy-to-learn and useful Easter resource. Our children were really excited, learning the songs and script in two weeks (Years R - 4). Definitely going to recommend using this again in our cycle of Easter services/concerts.’
‘It is a beautiful, meaningful and sweet play and its moral comes across very nicely! Very catchy songs as well.’
An editable script is available for this product when you purchase a package that includes an eSongbook.
View staging suggestions
There are 16 speaking parts in this musical, but these can easily be increased to as many as 30 by splitting the narrator’s role into 8 parts; using 3 children to play each tree and having 2 carpenters, splitting the lines accordingly.
For increasing the number of non-speaking parts, have as many fishermen, Roman soldiers, members of the crowd and guards as you like. The trees (up to 3 children each) could be replaced by up to 9 other children who act out the objects the trees become when they are chopped down.
If you did want to reduce the cast, the narration could be taken by a teacher and the Roman soldiers could double up as the guards.
(Total length of music: 10 minutes approx)
- I'm So Disappointed
- I'm So Disappointed
- I Could Never Have Imagined
Licence Information
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The following items are available for this product:
Teacher's Book
- Character List
- Script with staging suggestions
- Suggestions for staging and props
- Music score and song lyric sheets for 4 songs (Piano music score, melody and chords)
- Teaching ideas
- Licence and copyright details
Audio CD
- Vocal tracks sung by children
- Professional backing tracks
Words on Screen™ eSongbook
- An online Words on Screen™ product to stream or download
- Extractable MP3s, printable lyrics, scores, scripts, (including editable script*) & additional resources
- Words on Screen™ versions of songs so that you can display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn
- Flexibility to create an expandable library of Words on Screen™ song collections, nativities and musicals in your Out of the Ark online account
- Enhanced operation features including ‘double-click’ to hear and teach a single line
- Words on Screen™ user guide
- Single-User licence (Please note a Performance Licence is still required to perform this musical)
- Licence & copyright details
Annual Performance Licence
An Annual Performance Licence covers any number of performances of a particular musical or nativity within 12 months of the date of ordering. A separate Annual Performance Licence is required for each product title.
Find out more about what your Annual Performance Licence will legally cover you to do.
Very sweet-- not like other cringy, meaningless "Christian" plays
It is a beautiful, meaningful and sweet play and its moral comes across very nicely! Very catchy songs as well.
Outstanding sensitivity - hugely recommended
Presents the very tricky themes of the Easter story with great clarity & sensitivity. It's no mean feat to address the crucifixion of Jesus, nails & all. The very young performers understood the deep meaning of the simple words they spoke and sang and delivered them with great heart & enthusiasm. The music is delightful & the whole production moved staff and parents. It was almost overwhelming in its simplicity. Good Job to all who had a hand in this project
Excellent KS1/KS2 Easter Concert/Production
What a delightful, easy to learn and use Easter resource. Our children were really excited, learning the songs and script in two weeks (Years R - 4). Definitely going to recommend using this again in our cycle of Easter services/concerts. You really can produce this as an easy concert with readings or a more involved performance. Thank you Ann Berefsord and the Out of the Ark team.
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