our babes...

last night was opening night for 'babes in arms' at msu.

jenn was excited to get a small role in the production since it was being directed by broadway director, greg ganakas... and choreographed by two-time tony nominee, randy skinner.  she loves musical theatre, but hasn't taken dance lessons since "the clippety-clop" in cleveland.  so, getting into the cast at all was a surprise... and guaranteed to be a lot of work.  they've been working on the tap dances for months and months.  and last night it all paid off. 

the show was great fun in that old cheesy musical kind of way!

i've uploaded photos onto the side bar album (but not as many as i did for pygmalion!)

i must admit that i hadn't heard of the musical itself.  i guess that's because it was originally done in the '30's.  but i did recognize a few of the songs from it, like... "blue moon"... "the lady is a tramp"... "the most beautiful girl in the world"... and "johnny one-note".  one more confirmation that i'm older than i'd like to admit.

i was especially amazed with the dancing .  they all were fantastic... if i do say so myself. 

if you're interested... performances continue through april 20th.

of course when you're a theatre major, there's never time to rest.  if you're not in a production, you're working on sets, costumes, and on and on.  and as auditions come up... you're required to try-out.  as this production was about to hit the stage... msu held tryouts for the 3 productions scheduled for the fall. 

jenn was called back for all three... and won the lead in cabaret! 

we're so proud.  not only because she got the lead... again, but even more so because of the way she handled herself in the auditions.  it's a long story.  let's just say mom & dad were proud to see her faith coming through in self-initiated tangible ways.

but jenn isn't the only one we're proud of these days...

both ian and emma will be in their high school's spring musical in a couple weeks.  (april 24-26)  w.h.s. is doing an old musical too, "state fair".  ian is one of the leads (wayne) and emma is in the chorus.  the fact that ian even auditioned kind of shocked us.  we always knew he had it in him, but he's never shown that much interest.  we know he's going to do a fantastic job.  and emma will no doubt add her own special touch... as she always does to everything.

so you can look forward to more proud papa pics very soon!  lucky you!!!

thank you G*D for great kids.

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Comments

[Angie]

Annabel has her first dance recital in a few weeks. I can feel the pride swelling already... Thanks for sharing these things. Tell your kids hi from us and that we're so proud of the people they're becoming!

[Rick Lingenfelter]

I understood this post.

[Laura Neill]

I went on Sunday to see it! It was a fun one! Jenn did great!