Ella the Elephant loves to look good! And she especially loves “big, flashy earrings.” Find out what happens to Ella when she chooses a pair of glass chandeliers as the perfect wardrobe accessory in this comical narrative poem by Phil Siegel. Then follow the long journey of an evergreen tree through the holiday season — from the tree’s point of view! — in E.M. McMahon’s beautiful story, “Evergreen.” New songs by Willa Brigham and Uncle John & Mikey, as well as more poems and lyrics, lead up to David Hope’s light-hearted adventure, “The Christmas Bicycle,” in which Max (the youngest Magi) discovers that his journey is not measured by when he arrives, but rather by how he relates to others he meets on the road.

Edited and produced by Arlene Furman and Jack Nestor

Directed by Susanna Rinehart

1995 Shoofly, Inc.

The Shoofly Players: Michael S. Allen, Mark Ariail, Lisa Bowers, Dede Corvinus, Julie Fishell, Nicole B. Gibson, Betsy Gordon, Michael S. Johnson, Cheryl Jones, Tom Marriott, Caswell Martin, Kristy Merrell, Tracie Merrill, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Heather Savitz, and Deborah Winstead

Shoofly Theme: T. Sherman Tate (lead vocal); Tommy Hartley (guitar & vocal)

Cover Concept & Design: Kathleen Nestor

Cover Art: Sara Potler (age 8, Baltimore, MD)

Recorded by: Randy Friel, SoundWave Audio, Chapel Hill
Incidental music composed and arranged by Randy Friel and Chip Crawford