Missoula Children's Theater Week

Last week was one of the most anticipated and dreaded weeks in the school year.  Our small community is blessed to be a part of the Missoula Children's Theater circuit.  This drama group travels throughout all 50 states and somewhere close to 65 countries selecting students to put together a musical while honing their acting and singing skills.  While this might seem fairly unremarkable, what is completely REMARKABLE is that they do this in 1 WEEK.  Yes, the kids tryout on Monday afternoon, dress rehearsal is Saturday morning, and the two performances are Saturday afternoon. 

Yes, its a crazy week.  Especially when BOTH kids make it and they have completely opposite rehearsal schedules.  To make it even crazier, Daniel snagged a main part this year as 

Gil, the cute boy next door.  This year's play was the Little Mermaid, and of course, all of the other main parts were played by girls.  Gil, aka a very bashful Daniel, was the object of three mermaids attraction and affection.  But Gil only had eyes for Celia, played by Shay Stern.  Of course, as all good stories go, Celia had no idea Gil even existed.  But after much ado with the Prince, Gil won her heart with a beautiful solo sung by,  yep, you guessed it....

my brave 10 year old! 

Here he is with his entourage

Taylor, had one of the cutest parts I've seen in a long time.  She, along with 20 of her freinds, were sea horses.  So cute!

And here is the entire group of sea horses!

Overall it was a great week.  The kids worked hard to memorize their lines, moves and songs.  Afterwards, they were ready to CRASH!