NARRATOR - spoken role

CHILDREN'S CHOIR

MIXED CHOIR - SATB
(min. 12 singers, recommended 24)

POOR MAN - mixed choir, occasionally male choir
(at leat 3 tenors and 3 basses for male choir;
at least 3 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, and
3 basses for mixed choir)

THREE GIRLS - women's choir
(at least 3 sopranos, and 3 altos)

THREE BOYS - men's choir
(at least 3 tenors, and 3 basses)

FIRST GIRL - soprano part
(at least 3 singers)

SECOND GIRL - alto alto
(at least 3 singers)

MIDDLE BOY - tenor part
(at least 3 singers)

ELDEST BOY - bass part
(at least 3 singers)

PRINCESS - 2 soprano solo, 1 alto solo

OLD WOMAN - 2 altosolos, 1 tenor solo

YOUNGEST BOY - 2 tenor solo, 1 bass solo

percussion (3 players)
marimba (C3-C7), snare drum, 3 toms
(rack toms: 8in/20 cm, 12in/30 cm, floor tom: 16in/41 cm), mark tree, sleigh bells, triangle,
2 wood blocks (high, low), tambourine