Rapunzel

As usual, our year wouldn't be complete without the kids being able to participate in the annual Albion Youth Theater with Missoula Children's Theater production. This year they were able to do Rapunzel. And I think this one was one of my favorites so far. It was so funny and the songs were super catchy and fun. The kids had the time of their lives with their parts.

Sadly, Kendall wasn't able to participate for the first time since MCT has been coming to Albion. He was involved in the Marshall High School spring production and his rehearsal schedule didn't permit him the time to do this play as well. He was really disappointed but since he wants so be involved with the high school drama program, he knew he'd have to pass this opportunity even though it meant passing up (most likely) a larger part for just a little tiny part in the high school play. (You have to start somewhere!)

Lynnsey, Spencer and Kaya all auditioned though and they were given some really fun parts.

Spencer played The Littlest Billy Goat Gruff. I know, wrong fairy tale, but that's one of the fun things about these plays. He did a fantastic job and his voice is so perfect for the stage--he can really project loudly and clearly and his singing voice is pretty amazing too.

Kaya got to be a mushroom along with the other under 8 year olds. She loved her purple costume and doing the "robot" during one of their dance numbers.

And Lynnsey, in a sort of reverse Shakespeare tradition, was given the role of a prince! There were actually two Rapunzels (one in the tower and one on the ground) and two princes (one on foot and one on a horse). She did a fantastic job and had so much fun. She loved that she had quite a lot of lines and was a memorable part of the play this time.

There was one little snafu with the music. The usual pianist was out of town so they found someone who thought she could do it but then she had something come up and wasn't able to. So they found someone else to do it, but she had just had a stroke a couple of weeks before and she was really struggling to keep the tempo on some of those songs so she had to back out. The night before, I was contacting everyone I could think of but no one was able to do it. So the show went on anyway and they just did the whole thing a capella. And it was amazing! It was such a talented group of kids and they all nailed it so well without the accompaniment.

We're already looking forward to next year!!!