August Recap by Photo #1

The rest of the landscaping will be finished this year.  so, the crew was out to start the final phase. 

Angelina, Zeke & Graham participated in the Missoula Children’s Summer Theater program again and they had a superb time!  It was the first time for Zeke and Graham.  I wasn’t sure if Graham, my shy guy, would be interested, but he replied, when asked, “I think I’d like to try that.”  So grown up.

The storyline was The Wizard of Oz.  Angelina was a Wizard, Zeke was a Munchkin, Graham was a Ferocious Flower.  Each had lines in the play.

 

The whole cast, above, and my Ferocious Flower, Graham on the left, below.

The whole group of Munchkins with Glinda, above.  Zeke is the Munchkin on the left, below.

The whole group of Wizards, above, and Angleina is in the middle below (with braids).

Both sets of Grandparents were able to attend on different nights, which meant I (pregnant as I was at the time!) didn’t have to go both nights.  I cannot tell you how thankful I was for the break in the heat during the two nights the kids were on stage.

Louis is just hanging out, below.

The 2012 School pictures!

Zeke, 9yo, and Louis, 2yo.

Angelina, 12yo, and Graham, 6yo.

And, of course, the teenager, Dash, 15yo.

Of course, it wouldn’t be complete without a picture of the whole crew.  And, that was enough!  I was out of patience.

Cinderella

Angelina was a Dancing (snooty) Lady in the Cinderella musical performances on Friday and Saturday. She had a great time being involved with this production; you could tell by the excitement in her voice when we asked how practice went for the day. We will definitely be making time for this group next summer.

The entire cast of Cinderella (rags to riches version)!

This isn't the typical Cinderella story ... as you can see by the costumes. The actor standing on the far left is Patches; he's also one of the traveling directors for the company. The second director was behind the stages making sure all the kids were ready to go. Patches was the narrator for the whole show and was onstage for all ... he tied it all together. The show had many twists and turns in the story line and word play was funny. We enjoyed watching and it was fun for the kids to perform. Below is the group of snooty Lords and Ladies, Angelina is sitting on the far left, front row.

Angelina, on the left, gives her best snooty look - she's pretty good at it!

Her brother Dash has been living out the excitement vicariously! I know he regrets NOT trying out, now. When he found out it was Cinderella, I could tell that was a turn off - it's a 'girl' show. But, Angelina has told him every detail, and I can hear them talk, animatedly, about everything ... from tryout songs, expressive individual spoken lines during tryouts, and how kids from town (kids they've met) play their parts. Anyway, it's really fun to see the kids excited about something new.

We attended the Friday show. Grandma & Grandpa Green Acres will attend tonight. Quite funny and amazing what the two leader/directors did with this group in one week.

An Audition and Pre-Registration

Today, Angelina tried out for a part in Cinderella, presented by The Missoula Children's Theatre, a traveling theatre company that brings direction and all the costumes needed for the performance. It's a one week commitment - perfect from my stand-point! Practices are from 1:00-5:30p each day this week (depending somewhat upon the parts) and the two performances on Friday and Saturday are at 8:00p. Then, we are done.

Angelina will be in a group of Lords and Ladies ... snooty Lords and Ladies! The try-outs were fun to watch. The leaders lined all the kids - approx. 54 - up by height and then asked each child to speak together as a group and alone in front of the group. Each child was also asked to show movement (marching and large, expressive motions to go with their speaking) and sing. From this, they were able to choose children for all the parts. I can't wait to see the show.


After theatre auditions, Angelina and I traveled to Ellendale (about 60-70 miles from our farm ... yes, still a drive, but closer than the 100 miles to Fargo/Moorhead) for dance registration. She'll be enrolled in ballet, tap and jazz. The great part is that all these classes take place on ONE day in the span of 1.5 hours. This will fit our 'getting busier' schedule much better.

My bonus for going tonight was that we were able to find used ballets, taps and jazz shoes! That's quite a huge savings.