Q: Sawdust
PAX: Leland Robbins (Geiger), Jim Norris, Ike
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Stretches
– Tempo Merkins
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– TN Rockin’ Chairs
– Tie-Fighters
THE THANG:
1. Peter Parker Burpee = Partridge in a Pear Tree
2. Dancing Bear = Turtle Doves
3. Froggie Squats = French Hens
4. SKSC = Calling Birds
5. Burpees = Gold Rings
6. Sumo Squats = Geese a Laying
7. Flutter Kicks = Swans a Swimming
8. Monkey Humpers = Maids a Milking
9. Rockettes = Ladies Dancing
10. High Knee Jumps = Lords a Leaping
11. Gas Pumpers = Piper Piping
12. Lt. Dans = Drummers Drumming
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A
COT:
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a cumulative carol with popular Christian interpretations where
each gift symbolizes a spiritual lesson or biblical element, though it started as a fun, secular song; the partridge is Jesus, doves are Testaments, hens are Faith/Hope/Love, birds are Gospels, rings are the Torah (first 5 books), geese are Creation days, swans are Holy Spirit gifts, maids are Beatitudes, ladies are Spirit fruits, lords are Commandments, pipers are faithful Apostles, and drummers are the Apostles’ Creed points
The Symbolic Meanings
– 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree: Jesus Christ.
– 2 Turtle Doves: The Old & New Testaments.
– 3 French Hens: Faith, Hope, & Love (theological virtues).
– 4 Calling Birds: The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).
– 5 Gold Rings: The first five books of the Old Testament (Pentateuch/Torah).
– 6 Geese a-Laying: The six days of Creation.
– 7 Swans a-Swimming: The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit or Sacraments.
– 8 Maids a-Milking: The eight Beatitudes.
– 9 Ladies Dancing: The nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5).
– 10 Lords a-Leaping: The Ten Commandments.
– 11 Pipers Piping: The eleven faithful Apostles (after Judas’ betrayal).
– 12 Drummers Drumming: The twelve points of the Apostles’ Creed or the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
