2023 Glenelg Christmas Pageant - The joyful moment and forever happiness

Merry Christmas! This is the Nippers from the Somerton Surf Lifesaving Club. These are juniors which are under sixes through to under thirteens. We're on the beach every Saturday afternoon and everyone's welcome to come down and give a try and join up if they like it. There is some cost involved for a sporting organisation but there's plenty of options for them to come and see what they'd like to be part of. We've got our volunteer side which is the Surf Lifesavers and then we've got our sporting side which is the Nippers. We have got our Somerton colours here and we're in the Christmas spirit and we've all got our bright boardies on just to represent how fun the beach can be at Christmas time. I've learnt how to paddle on the boards and I've learnt lots of new things and I've made lots of new friends. This is St Mary's Memorial School. We're part of the Christmas story so we're either angels, stars or shepherds. It's about being together, having fun and celebrating the joy of Christmas. We are a calisthenics club based in Brighton. We have been clubbing Adelaide for over 60 years. We're one of the oldest clubs in South Australia and we take members from ages three to adult. So there is a lesson fee but it's not very expensive and it's great fun. And the first two lessons are free. We are from Fulham Sea Scouts. We run programs for youth from the ages of five upwards. We are there to promote youth outdoor activities, personal development. Scouting does incur a small and modest joining fee but you can come and have three weeks of free come and try. So we really encourage people to come and try Scouts because it's fantastic fun. We teach all styles from ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop. We start from about 18 months all the way through to adult and we are in Trot Park. We have free trial lessons. Christmas brings joy! Our group is Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club. It's been going for like 50 years and our goal is to save everyone's lives and make everyone safe on the beach. We're the juniors so we have lots of training about competing but also all the first aid and all the stuff that we will need once we become proper surf lifesavers. We are the Wood End Performance Team from Wood End Primary School in Shadow Park. Our theme is about friendship. So we did a performance earlier this year at the Entertainment Centre for the Schools Challenge and we have three different groups. We have gamers, basketballers and surfers and it's about being yourself, being bold, being different, being you. And bringing all of that together in just a happy place. Some of our helpers in the red costumes. We have our surfers in the blue costumes. They represent the waves and the sea. We have our basketballers in the green costumes and we have our gamers in the orange costumes. And then we put Christmas on top of all of that. Falun Dafa is an ancient Chinese meditation practice to improve body and mind. Falun Dafa is beneficial for people of all ages. The exercise is gentle and easy to learn and it's very peaceful. It brings people lots of peace and inner peace. Falun Dafa is a traditional culture. It's a traditional Chinese practice. The exercise is gentle and easy to learn and it's very peaceful. It brings people lots of peace and inner peace. Falun Dafa is a traditional culture based on the universal principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. Anybody can join Falun Dafa. We have various practice sites in Adelaide and people are all welcome to learn and experience this beautiful practice. We're called Dances by Donna. We just do different types of dances and performances such as the pageant and the big city pageant. Also we do carols by candlelight as well. Christmas spirit, I think that means everyone joining together. And putting smiles on people's faces. And we're pirates. So we've got our swords and all our hats and stuff like that. Merry Christmas! Ho Ho Ho!