When the kids auditioned for Cinderella Musical on Dec 1st, they had no idea what sort of crazy turn of events was in store for them... Alex got a role of a knight/carriage drive and Katya got ensemble.
Katya was, of course, disappointed, that she didn’t get her coveted lead role this year, but she made the best of it! Look how beautiful she looks!
And the crazy/funny part is that the kids’ friend, Cameron, auditioned for the musical as well (first time in his high school career) and actually got the role of Prince Topher! Katya and Alex were both so happy for him!
The kids worked so hard at every rehearsal. It’s weeks and weeks of staying home after school and dancing, singing and learning their parts. I was on the theatre booster board, so I was helping with a lot of the details that go into putting on a show.
It was during the week before the musical was supposed to open that our school district started canceling the events. We all watched with despair as things were getting crazier and crazier by the hour. The musical was supposed to open to its patrons on March 18th but instead the tech rehearsal that was happening on March 13th had to become the kids’ one and only performance to an audience comprised of their immediate families.
Because it was technically their rehearsal, we still ran into a few bloopers and fun moments with costume changes! The kids gave this performance their best effort and we all were so impressed!
We got a ton of pictures, so here are they are. Both Alex and Katya had a few different costumes that they had to wear.
Alex, the knight.
Katya on the stairs:)
And Katya, the village girl.
This is where Katya says loudly, “I wish I wear a bolder girl!"
She did a great job in the main song performed by one of the stepsisters and her loud girls.
Alex had a bunch of scenes with the prince as well as a towns person.
And this is where Alex is the driver (who used to be a raccoon).
Cameron did an amazing job as the prince! He has such a pleasant tenor--it was a perfect part for him.
His face was also quite expressive;)
During the course of the musical, sometime in early Feb, Katya and Cameron started dating and everyone in the cast figured that out. To say that it was an easy task for her to watch her boyfriend sing love songs to another girl is an understatement. We won’t mention the three times that they had to kiss:)
This is one of the scenes where Katya had to watch the prince be all lovey-dovey with Cinderella.
But everyone survived. Because that’s what theatre people do.
We LOVED the musical! Loved that it was shown to us under such unusual circumstances and loved that we still got a chance to see our kids’ hard work.
The moment the show was over and we could take pictures, Cameron grabbed Katya to show his true devotion😉
Not being shy at all in front of everyone else;)
We had a chance to take A LOT of fun pictures with the cast, which is not usually the case, so this was very special!
And here is the final picture!
After the musical, the Woolstenhulmes and the Whites joined us at Five Guys for a very late dinner to celebrate our kids who were exhausted but happy!
Yes, of course, we wish and they all wish they had four real performances for a bigger audience. And of course, things didn’t go as planned which is so frustrating and sad for so many of these kids. But they made the best of it!
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