Maddie made her theater debut as a mermaid in Peter Pan today. Nothing like a play put on by elementary students in which all the characters (even those who are supposed to be in the same family) all have different accents! The kids did a really great job. It was very cute. It was staged twice so that there could be enough parts to go around, and some parts like Peter and Wendy switched actors in the middle of the play. We had three American and one Chinese Wendies; two American, one American of Indian descent and one German Peter Pans. Many of the Indians were Korean. The Pirates were Indian, Korean, Dutch, British and American. The best part was that Maddie's Nana got to be here to see it.
I'll never make it as a stage mom. I was pretty much the biggest slacker of all the moms. I just did the pirate makeup on play day and provided snacks for the kids who were in both the three and five o'clock productions. The super moms were helping direct at every practice, building, designing and painting sets, coordinating props, creating costumes, choreagraphing, etc. There was only one dad who helped with any of it. It's a mom's world. I just swept in at the last minute to get my volunteer time in.
Don't know what will happen to Drama Club next year. The woman who started it all and directs the plays is moving to China. The set designer is moving back to New Zealand and the costume coordinator is headed back to the States.
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