Play days are usually really rough. It’s always on Friday and Fridays are rough because the children are tired and so are teachers. It’s a long day for me because I come in on Fridays at 5:45 and it’s a non stop make and bake day.

Yesterday was a breeze day. It was so relaxed and went so well I can hardly believe it. The children were well behaved and that’s a big plus. They knew their lines in our run through Friday morning and everyone just went out to play. It was beautiful outdoors and the children were happy to be there.

A special congratulations to Isaac. He was our reader this year. He read the introduction to the play – a fifth grade level read. He was brilliant. His inflection showed he understood what he was reading. We thank Miss Leigh for all her hard work in the reading program this year.

The play was darling. The O’Learys came out and began their scene with Jil’s wonderful loud voice. Sam had presence, Colby had moxie, and Makenzie was adorable in her role as Mrs. O’Leary. Robby got an audience ahhhhh with his cuteness in his lines, “But he’s not a nut papa; he has two legs!”

Javeon was a natural presence as St. Patrick. He was believable and said his lines with sincerity. So proud of him.
Austin was a great Druid King – Chicken Face – a funny, delightful and daring king ready to listen to ideas and think for himself!

The Druid princesses were brilliant in their performance as little vixen queens thinking the world belonged to them for as long as they wanted it! Emily was wonderful giving a bright and energetic performance. Alyssa was sure of herself, foxy and vampy. Jill was darling and was right in there with her camp. And lastly, Alexis, our youngest princess was loud, daring and adorable with her straight forward presentation. So delighted!

The leps were leps and got themselves from one end of the play to the other with funny little jokes and decisions that led CJ to manage his “brilliant” idea and lead the leps to “doing something good for someone I (God) love” and getting back to heaven. Each of them: Garrett, Scotty, Ely, Ayden, Brady, Jake, Jack, CJ, Nathan, delivered the lines with humor – so much so they were laughing on stage.

The Brownies were as cute as cute could be. Savannah, Toby, Eden and the Triplets: Sophie, Ella and Abbie danced and recited and tumbled for our audience. It is always interesting for us to have such wonderful children come to the Garden School and participate as well as these children do.

The snakes were cute as kittens: Summer, Cheyenne, Layla, Hunter, Jacob, Michael,Donavan and Phoenix sang, danced and were very very loud in their parts. So glad. So cute. These are our youngest performers. They do a great job hamming it up.

Miss Leigh did the backdrop, Mrs. St. Louis made the costumes, and Miss Dayna’s never ending hours were a blessing to the entire school. Miss Molly manned the refreshment table and Miss Amy and Miss Judy directed these last weeks to bring the play to life. One parent commented that it was the best play we’ve had in a long time. My response was simple: a good staff!