But I was amazed at how well those kids did, and I am so proud of them for having the courage to get up on stage in front of lots of people and sing and dance and say their lines! Here are some pictures of our adventures last week.
We got to use El Dorado High School, which was GREAT! We had a large room to meet in for rehearsals and got to perform on a real stage!!!
The Elementary Cast
50 kids, ages 5-10
performed "Pirates! The Musical"
The middle school cast, (new this year) was really fun to work with . They had a lot of their own creative ideas for staging and character development. And we did a super fun musical called "How I Became a Pirate." I constantly have those songs going through my head.
The Middle School cast
27 kids, ages 11-14
"How I Became a Pirate"
my three little pirate performers
This wig of Bobby's just killed me! (he was "Blackbeard")
Daphne had a little vocal solo that she did great at. At auditions, we were having some of the younger kids sing together since they were too scared to sing by themselves, but when we got to Daphne she told us she wanted to sing alone and not with anyone else. I thought that was so brave of her!
Sean only did this because I bribed him with a new car for his collection. I think he had fun, but mostly he was just excited at the end of the week when he got his reward.
Dallin was "King of the High C's" and did a terrific job at his part.
Hayden was so sad that he didn't get to be in the play this year. But he really wanted to be a pirate, too, in fact, he even sang this little song from the play, changing the words a bit, "Oh I wanna be a pirate. But I need thom (some) pirate clothes!) So we dressed him up and he helped us welcome the audience and introduce the plays. He was a pretty adorable little scallywag, if I say so myself.
