Performances

These girls had a great time this semester participating in a Show Choir, called North of Broadway.  They enjoyed the time they spent learning their songs and enjoyed the performance even more.  They had a great theme this year that was called `Rise above it`.  It was dedicated to flood victims and had many songs about overcoming adversity and finding ways to be happy.  They were also able to participate in an extra show that was put on for free for anyone affected by the flooding in our area this past summer.  It was a great way for the kids to feel like they could give something back and was a great experience.

 They especially loved getting to wear their 'stage make-up'.  Here they are on their way to their performance.

Elliette really wanted to be in show choir but we almost didn't put her into it.  She has had some real stage fright in the past, even not speaking in small groups of people we know fairly well.  I was concerned about her spending all of the time preparing and then not performing but I realized there would be a lot of growth along the way and that it is not all about the performance.  

Well Elliette sure showed us wrong.  She was prepared and confident at all of the performances.  She was even the only one in the whole group that had a little Solo part!!  Here she is as part of her 'Broadway Babies' group, singing Castle on a Cloud.  This is even her solo part where she sings 'Cosette, I love you very much!'.  It was really cute and she did very well!  She would say after that her stage fright has been cured!  So funny!

Kyndal and Kayla had a great time doing this together.  They enjoyed singing 'A Spoonful of Sugar', 'Come so Far, Got so Far to go', (from Hairspray) and 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'.  They did a lot of numbers together with a bigger group.  They did a great job!

The girls loved having bigger kids be their buddies.  They met some really nice kids and love to make friends.  I am constantly amazed at my kids being so overly friendly at times.  They very quickly make friends wherever they go.  When I would pick them up after their performances were done, Elliette was usually in someone arms.  She is so small for her age, so people want to pick her up (as well as she tends to climb up people, or anything that she can climb.)  People don`t realize that she is 7, many times I can`t believe it either!

My performing beauties!  (This is Kyndal after her 3rd performance of 4)  She was funny as the first 2 performances she said that she cried all of her make-up off before the performances, the first day by being nervous, the second as she was fighting with a boy in her group.  She was a little embarrassed to be crying as a big group surrounded her to find our what was wrong.  She made a quick recovery after that and performed beautifully, sans make-up!

Elliette is such a funny kid!