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Song Cycles:

Below you’ll find samples of just a few of the many Song Cycles and Musicals, that make up the Orbitfriendly catalogue. Give them a listen and click on the album title to be taken to a page where you can read the lyrics and find out a little more info.

Calum and The Whale – (1 Hour)

A coming of age story that is set on Cape Breton Island, Canada. This is a moving story imagining a more environmentally conscious and loving world.

Riding Hood – (1.5 Hours)

Part 1 of Riding Hood is now on Youtube. Please click the link to visit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rdb7WsDkao

Here’s the trailer from our 2017 workshop:

Lessons of forgiveness and mutual respect in this telling of a traditional tale. Just when you thought it was unsafe to go into the woods, an unexpected path appears as a scoundrel cries his vice into the night! Who do we call our enemy and why is it so? Riding Hood is a Folk-Rock opera for all ages, with a dynamic cast and score. More info…

Angels Calling – (25 Minutes)

This is a traditional telling of the Nativity Story, with some twists and fun! It
features parts for all ages, and can be presented with a minimum of rehearsal
time.

Nick’s Christmas Gift – (50 Minutes)

This is a seasonal story about a homeless man and his dog meeting a privileged youth and them helping each other in discovering the true meaning of giving.

Promised Land – (30 Minutes)

A sequel to ‘Angels Calling’, this musical meets up again with the shepherds who first visited the newborn babe. Their predicament with the Roman occupation and a nasty king have only gotten worse, and they are desperate for a solution to the set of circumstances they are entrapped with. 

https://www.orbitfriendly.com/site/promised-land/

One Way – (30 minutes)

In the final segment of our nativity stories, this musical is a story of a birth in a stable in present day Palestine with striking parallels to a situation from over 2000 years ago. 

https://www.orbitfriendly.com/site/holy-land-tour-from-one-way/

Raindance                                          (60 min.)

A group of woodland animals is visited by a wolverine that has recently escaped from a zoo, and soon afterwards is visited by Frazbot, a robot from outer space that is searching the universe for a tangible proof of miracles.

Bizarre Neighbourhood                        (60 min.)

This musical combines the lives of Goldilocks and The Three Bears with those of The Three Pigs and the Wolf, as well as Jack and the Bean-stock! It is non stop story of fun and adventure that helps us realized the importance of friends. 

September’s Night                                            (90 min.) 

Presented as a song-cycle with an accompanying narration, this musical tells the story of a young child who visits our world through a portal to the Faerie realm, and who found by a group of ‘hippies’ in the late 1960s, to find his way home again. 

Mary Magdalene’s Message                                     (60 min.)

This is a dramatized oratorio, with an adult, as well as a youth choir, and soloists. It follows the message of the final days of Christ, his resurrection and the story recounted by the disciples who knew him.   

“music and stories for a hopeful world”

Music, lyrics and arrangements by David A. Buckley

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