so suggest that the girl who was MARy in the nativity

[SCargot]

then went on to be centre in a netball team?

just a leetle theory i am h'explorin

I was narator.

Subsitute wing attack.

dd has been Mary 3 years running

Shes blond and a tennis prodigy (age 6)

Parents must hate me.

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Right, well, when I was at primary school there was one family of frightfully good-looking children who always got all the good parts in everything. The handsomest and most fawned-upon was last seen the local paper having been convicted of some heinous crime.

I however, was Mary (70's), was blonde, but didn't show any boys my knickers. Preferred netball position GD, hockey, CH, but neither with any great degree of competence.

Have received one padded card in my life (Snoopy, at that), but only from posh boy from boarding school ignorant of the ways of the world. I ended the affair shortly thereafter.

I was later demoted to a chorus line position in which I had to wear a kilt and passed out on stage on account of the heat. That was the end of my thesp career.

wordsonascreen, surly there's a bye-law against that?

Scargot, woss the legal position?

Glockenspiel player.

Used to hide in the privet hedge to avoid netball.

National Health glasses (remember them?)

Still haven't got a boyfriend.

(sob)

Witch in Hansel and Gretal
Cricket in Pinochio
Prophet in Nativty
Then demoted to choir by Y6 teacher who thought I'd done enough
GD at netball

Generally a prominent but supporting role, usually on account of being able to sing and remember lots of lines.

Best friend = Gretal, Pinochio, Prophet then similar curtailment of dramatic career by evil Y6 teacher. Also centre at netball.

I was always The Narrator.

Until this thread, I had thankfully erased all memories of those horrifying padded cards

Who normal actually sends those (disclaimer- the boyfriend who sent them definitely wasn't normal)

do they still send them?

only just found this thread. My dd now 13 was Mary when 3. Only blonde girl child in class. Later captain of U13s netball (preen) but only because she was tallest and bossiest but I do think your theory applies, OP. wonder if dd will get padded card in future? do they still exist?

dd1 played mary

doesnt play netball, but is in the basketball team

i was mary

i was rubbish at netball and once wet myself with laughter on the netball court when the teacher chastised me....

head girl ? don't make me laugh!

i was usually narrator

dull dull dull

I was supposed to be Gabriel but got demoted to villager after I got in a fight or something.

I didn't like netball - they usually put me in goal out of the way, but I liked it cos I could stand around and chat to my friend, Katie.

I was an angel(not Gabriel though) in the nativity, and the wicked fairy in Sleeping Beauty (speaking part) and Goal Defence. And dead mean in Hockey. I was a prefect briefly but got into trouble for putting blue food colouring in the water jugs in the dining hall. (was a joint enterprise)

Is someone writing this all down? Maybe these should be in the questions for the next MN survey?

DD "just knew" she was going to be Mary in her play this week. She was a reindeer...

Decided to do nativity play at home too so that she can be Mary to her heart's content as often is she likes - has spent the last two weeks running round in one of my blue tshirts with a teatowel on her head. DS is permitted through her gritted teeth to be Innkeeper

My brother was God in one of his plays, and his wife was Angel Gabriel (and tall, blonde, v pretty, high flyer achiever...)

I was always Narrator, and geeky with glasses, never picked for netball team. Hopeless at all ball sports - once got called to Games Mistress' office to be slammed for "cheating" in the school tennis tournament - had managed to get to quarter finals as my opponents were laughing too hard at my frying pan shots to return them...

i was Mary and always played wing attack, was desperatly unpopular and geeky.

Narrator
Centre at netball
No padded valentines cards, but a single plastic rose - nice.

I was Mary and was "a" centre in netball - unfortunately I was crap at netball and always up against the school first team's centre. I remember the (short-lived) relief of putting the wing defence bib on, only to be told to take it off and return to centre -closely followed by humiliation.

I was Mary. Hated netball never really played it, was goalkeeper in hockey though.

aww lissielou

how things change x

Mary in Infants, fancied Joseph. Not Grumpy - more highlight of thesp life

Narrator at primary

GD at Netball

LB at Hockey

Head Girl

I was and still am when I was picked to be Mary at first school. Was never any good at sports involving hand-eye coordination but was on the cross-country team. I fell off the stage in rehersal as the teacher told me to act surprised when Angel Gabriel appeared and I've never forgotten the when the zip on my skirt broke exposing my knickers to a very (what I thought then) good looking Joseph (was fortunately before we went on stage).

Angel Gabriel was indeed tall, blonde, GA and very sporty - now does triathlons.

Joseph I heard had a bad car accident as a result of a drug overdose some years later...

JUST to revive this as i see form the school show there were a LOT of marys on mumsn et

I was never anything in the nativity and chose not to play netball as it is a boring and pointless game imo.

I wanted to get muddy and play rugby but sadly wasn't allowed at the all girls school I attended.

I went on to perform in improv/stand up type things in 6th form. Hell of a lot more fun than playing a sheep.