Last night husband and I went to see the local high school production of Beauty and the Beast. Several members of the community band I play with were either playing in the pit, singing and dancing on the stage or working lights from the booth. What a treat. So many talented kids. Wonderful music, great costumes and sets merged with joyous laughter, thunderous applause and standing ovations. Love poured from the group on stage to the audience and was tossed right back to the performers.
You see the best in a community when you watch an event like this. The coordinated effort of students and adults creating something fine and good. It was wonderful to watch. And what of our favorite door?
She was adorable.
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February 17, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Were the furnishings of the Beast’s house animated, as they were in the famous French film version? Wonderful story, never out of date!
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February 17, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Yes, that’s what made the costume so fun.
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February 17, 2013 at 12:46 pm
Aren’t these high school performances FUN. Waldorf school make drama a part of the curriculum, so every student is a part of their classes plays and most of the classes produce something once a year with the big years being 10 and 12 grade. I look forward to all the performances…there are always some glitches or a few kids decide to derail the performance a bit on the second night and leave their classmates scrambling to improv…it creates a wonderful feeling and bond between the students and the community. Or as you put it so well–love pours from the stage to the audience and back again.
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February 17, 2013 at 3:43 pm
They are amazing. And I know a wonderful thing to experience first hand in high school.
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February 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm
how many plays have an adorable door? I bet she was she was just perfect 🙂
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February 17, 2013 at 3:43 pm
Yes she was!
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February 17, 2013 at 2:38 pm
I remember so many of these musicals from when Domer was in high school. Sadly, I don’t have any “excuse” to go any more (but, now that I think about it, I don’t have any excuse not to!!)
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February 17, 2013 at 3:44 pm
We never had kids, so we didn’t go either…but we should have. And so should you, you’ll enjoy them!
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February 17, 2013 at 3:56 pm
High school musicals are always a labor of love. The kids create such happy memories, and they really become their own little family.
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February 17, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Yes they do, you can tell, and I remember that feeling from our own musicals way back in the day.
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February 18, 2013 at 7:58 am
I remember in High School we played a medley of Beauty of Beast songs. I got to play the Gaston song on the Baritone Horn, my part was like the solo part. I loved playing that song — it had a bunch of low notes and it had a great beat.
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