performance adrenalin

Last week the girls performed in the school musical.  Annika was a pink dancer - she absolutely shone on the stage and completely pulled focus.  This was not just my opinion, every teacher and parent came up to me afterwards and commented on how she just glowed in front of an audience (possibly pulling attention from their children).  I am looking forward to highschool where she can get marks and academic credit for drama, and put all this stage charisma to good use. 

Unfortunately she was on such a performance high she did not sleep for hours.

Gab was a scary pirate and a floaty jellyfish.  I was so proud of her.  This is a girl who did not talk at school until the end of grade two - and at the end of grade four she is in the school musical singing and dancing in front of hundreds of parents and students.

Grandma and Grandad came  - and even danced at the end with everyone.  Grandma's got moves.

That jellyfish costume took some thinking.  It is a bit of sleeping mat off cut foam from the foam shop painted white, with some parts of a white hula skirt glued along the bottom.  We attached strings on the shoulders and around the waist to keep it on.  It was quite robust (which was good as she had to transport to school and back for a week).

The whole performance from everyone was excellent.  I think the tag-line for the musical should have been 'how to get as many kids as you can into a musical'.  The basic plot line was two characters trying to find a treasure, and they sailed to many islands looking for the treasure.  On each island there were a group of kids who would sing and do a dance.  Such fun.

Claps to the teachers who went above and beyond to give the kids such a wonderful experience.