Our Little Thespians

Cally loves to sing.  John and I  are clueless as to how to nurture this talent of hers.  Neither of us have musical genes nor the understanding of a musicians life.  Poker Hill, her preschool, was wonderful because music was a part of every single day.  In elementary school, Cally only gets 30 minutes of music once a week.  So, when John ran into a colleague in the Davis Center at UVM and found out she was the music director of the Essex Community Theater's Holiday production and told her about Cally and her "talents", she quickly offered her a spot in the cast of the play.

Cally and Carol, the Music Director of "Holiday Presents"

We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into!  Not only was their a pretty intense rehearsal schedule, but there were lines to memorize and songs to learn.  Because she entered the production a few weeks in, her time frame for getting up to speed was short.  And John and I really didn't know how to help her.

It was certainly an eye opening experience and a required a commitment from the whole family.  However, Cal loved it.  She met lots of great people.  It was cool to see the whole cast bond and take part in every aspect of the production (from stage set up to tear down).
 

Uncle Scotty supporting his god daughter

In the end there were 5 performances over the course of 4 days.  I'm not sure we could handle her being a part of something like this every year, but it was really fun to see her be a part of such a cool event.  It also did a lot to put us all in the holiday spirit (with all the songs).

The kids took a break between Cally's Saturday performances to put together gingerbread house kits that my dear friend, Maris, gave to them.  

And Hazey didn't miss singing during the holidays.  The annual Poker Hill Senior Sing was at the beginning of the month.  He loved being able to belt out some of his favorite songs from school.  And I loved being able to see him in what will be our last Senior sing.