supercalifragalistic....

Today J made his theatrical debut. Ever since I took him to see The Nutcracker at christmastime last year, he's been wanting to "dance on the stage and get all the applause". Today he got his chance. The children's museum hosted an afternoon workshop where the kids learned the song "Supercalifragalisticexpialidotious" (or however the heck that's spelled!) from Mary Poppins, choreographed it, costumed it, and performed it for family members. This first photo is the entire cast.

J during his solo. Each kid had a chance to do a solo -- I was pretty impressed with the instructors, they really knew kids and how to keep them all motivated and engaged. And they threw an actual production number together in the matter of 2 1/2 hours from a bunch of kids with no prior experience who just met each other -- that's pretty impressive in and of itself!


Some of the cast during the chorus of the song. I'm unclear about how the costumes were selected -- J's was merely a yellow t-shirt and a hat -- I'm not sure if it was his choice or if that's all he would wear (or maybe that's about all they had for boys' outfits). The girls had some lovely costumes, but the boys were pretty basic.

J dances with his partner. This was not the partner he'd worked with throughout the class -- his original partner got stage-fright at the last minute and pulled out after the dress rehersal. So he suddenly got a new partner (her partner had fallen after the dress rehersal and bruised her knee, so she was in need of a partner too). J didn't seem to mind at all who he was dancing with, so long as he was dancing!

Ta da! He's certainly my child -- I loved doing theater stuff when I was a kid/teen. Anything for center stage and a limelight!

He had a total blast, I'm sure this is something he'll be wanting to pursue more of. Guess the first step is dance classes of some sort, maybe this fall.