Matilda! The Musical

Our girls got a second go at Matilda!  They were very pleased because this time around they got the parts they always wanted.  Miley is Miss Honey and Jovey is Lavender.  Miley's mic was not working properly for this show, but she did great at projecting anyway.

Meesical the Musical

Miley and her casemates wrote and performed this play in honor of their principal that is retiring this year. His last name is Mees, therefore it is a Meesical. 

 Miley wrote the first song herself and killed it on stage.  We are very proud of her.  Watch for Miley in her MANY parts.  She is her theater teacher in the last song.

Jungle Book Kids!

Jovey plays Shere Kahn, the fierce tiger king of the jungle.  

Matilda! Jr.

Jovey really wanted to get the part of Lavender, but she was so much taller than her friend who was cast as Matilda that she had to be cast as an older kid instead.  They asked me to make her hair smaller so she wouldn't look even taller than she already is.  Crazy.  She had fun as an older kid though and loved all the dances.  She especially loved her really comfy costume for this show.  She wasn't too hot or itchy and she felt super cute.

Miley also had  aspirations to be Miss Honey, but that didn't work out and she got the role of parent/teacher.  She amazes me with her good attitude.  She got a bad deal in choreography and there were some real issues with the leadership on this show, but she made the best of it and worked so hard.  She did stage crew and had fun despite it all.  She didn't want me to mama bear fix it, or at least make some heads roll, and it killed me not to.  But if she's treated poorly again, I will.  She shines on stage, so this experience won't dim her light.

It's a fun show and the girls loved being a part of it!

 

Little Mermaid Jr.

Miley is Alana, Ariel's sister, and a princess.  Jovey is Flotsam, Ursula's eel.

101 Dalmations (kids)

Starring Jovey as Cruella Deville, and co-directed by Miley. . .

 

Lion King Jr.

We can Fly

It's summer play time again.  Both girls did the play this time.  Peter Pan Jr.  Auditions, three weeks of rehearsals, and then three performances.  They LOVED it all.

 (Excited/nervous for auditions)

 (Got called in together so that made it less nerve wracking)

 (Jovey's mermaid costume)

(Mermaids watching Miley/the Indians rehearse)

(Dress rehearsal)

(backstage watching the monitor for their stage cue)

 (Performance time)

(Jovey "offstage" waiting for her cue)

(enjoying the play "offstage") 

I only took short clips of the first performance, because the show was being recorded for us by a company.  And after watching it three times and multiple times rehearsing at home, it is pretty much seared into my brain now.  ;)

(Bravo Bravo)