The Wizard of Oz

Courtney for the first time ever, participated in the School Musical this year! It was the Wizard of Oz and they did the most amazing job ever! As always of course. I've always said I enjoy high school musicals, almost as much as Broadway shows. The tickets are much cheaper, the venue is closer and not nearly as crowded and the kids do amazing, and most importantly, the money goes to the school! In this case though, the money was donated, which made it even more special. IN the last 2 weeks of rehearsal  one of the girls in the play, Mary, her house burnt down :( She was at rehearsal when it happened, and the police came to school to get her and inform her. In the end, they lost almost everything, no house is left and the family dog passes away in the fire :-( They are currently staying with her grandmother who lives in Buffalo while looking for a house to rent in the meantime. Mary also has a younger brother who is 10. So, the school, as awesome as they are, donated all funds from the concessions etc to the family. How awesome is this??? Of course, LOTS of people, us included, donated more then what our concession cost came too. I am so grateful to live in a district that cares enough about the students and families to give back. 

Mike & I saw the show twice, Friday evening with no kids and Saturday with the kids. 

here is Caden with the Wicked Witch, played by Anna. She made T.H.E best witch ever! She had the perfect cackle and really did amazing playing the part. Colin won't go anywhere near her, I guess I can't blame him!

Here's  the boys with the good witch :) 

Courtney, played a flower and OZ{ian} in emerald City. As the flower, she is in this picture, the middle section  pink flower back row, on the end. She's the tallest one, I am SURE you can find her :) 

Here's Courtney with some good friends of her. Michaela, who we drove to practice daily and her family drove home. It worked really well, since practice went until after 10pm most nights, and the boys were in bed already, some night so were we! And Amy to her right. 

And here are the munchkins. I wish I had a way to get better pictures, but it's hard when your not in the front row. They looked adorable!

ALL of the kids did an amazing job. Too bad I didn't have a picture of the lion, tin man and scarecrow. The lion was amazing. best cowardly lion I've ever ever seen it the wizard of oz. These kids really worked hard, long hours and days. Practice 5 days a week, and even some Saturdays  All while having to keep up with school work, sports, homework and stuff outside of school including religion and getting ready to make her confirmation in a few weeks. All the hard work paid off though, because I know I've said it before, but they are amazing!  Can't wait to see what next years play is!