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CURTIS PREPARES FOR ANNUAL EASTER PAGEANT
April 12, 2019
KNOP News 2
EASTER PAGEANT IS SUNDAY
April 10 ,2019
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CURTIS PUTTING ON ANNUAL EASTER PAGEANT APRIL 14
April 4, 2019
Kearney Hub
PALM SUNDAY PAGEANT HAS STAYING POWER IN CURTIS -- NEBRASKA'S EASTER CITY
March 25, 2018
CURTIS, Neb. — They love to tell The Story — and share six decades of tales associated with it — every Palm Sunday in Nebraska’s “Easter City.”
Most of the Curtis Easter Pageant’s founders, having left life’s stage, will watch its 60th anniversary presentation from somewhere above the 20-foot-high cross illuminated from Christmas to Easter atop the hills south of town.
But at 3 p.m. Sunday, more than 100 descendants and newer arrivals will once again be singing in the choir, presenting the pageant’s 17 “living pictures” or making sure all goes as it should.
NEBRASKA LIFE MAGAZINE
March/April 2013
CURTIS' EASTER PRIZE - To Curtis residents, their famous Easter Pageant is a golden egg, but not one they’re willing to hide.
Nebraska Gov. Charles Thone named Curtis Nebraska’s Easter City in 1981, yet the historic pageant depicting Jesus’ final earthly days dates back to the inaugural performance at the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in 1958.
Seventeen scenes, including Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” the crucifixion and the resurrection, are performed by a volunteer cast of 65, and with music from a band of 50.
These unknown actors wear Hollywood props from famous movies. The pageant’s Roman soldier uniforms came from MGM Productions and were worn in the movies Quo Vadis, Ben Hur and Julius Caesar.
For 15 years, city councilman Brad Welch portrayed Peter in this Easter story.
“How this continues to come together is quite amazing,” Welch said. “It’s something we’re very proud of.”