Every year at J.R. Smith, the third grade puts on a Disney Program. They work on the songs all year long and then come January (with lots of help from parent volunteers) they learn the dances and choreography to them. It is a program that has been going for 23 years now at his school. I taught one of the dances and was asked to work with all the children that had solos. I feel free this week now that is is over. Thomas had a great time and loved every minute of it. Third grade is still at that age where they enjoy Disney. This performance was out of Thomas' comfort zone, but it was so good for him. He took it very seriously!
He was in the Lion King song as a Zebra
Waiting to go on stage for "Whale of a Tale"
Kiley, Thomas, and Axel
Lion King Dance. Thomas is the Zebra second from left. The sweet little girl who played Simba (Sammy) came over to my house every Thursday for nine weeks for singing lessons and we worked and worked in this solo. All the other kids that had solos I pulled then out of class at the school. Sammy was adorable and made such huge improvements in her singing and confidence. She is a cute shy little thing.
Hunch back of Notre Dame dance
Thomas is in the yellow t-shirt on Let's Go Fly a Kite, Mary Poppins
Some of his buddies
Grandma Jones came to watch the program, Grandpa Jones was very sick. Lydia adores her Grandma and I thought it was so sweet how she just laid on her lap. They had a sweet relationship. Thomas was looking forward to this performance to show her.
Lydia and Mickey
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Here is a video I did of the three out of the four dances Thomas did.
3 comments:
Ahhh, take a big breath now. Good job! I bet Thomas was so cute. What a great program it is and how the kids love it. Fly a Kite is my favorite song at the program for some reason!
I was Minnie Mouse in the Disney program the very first year they had the big Mickey and Minnie heads, and I was so little I couldn't see out of the eye patches, so I had to be led around by my Mickey the entire time.
Wow - Your kids go to an amazing school that has the time and resources to put on something like that. What a fun opportunity for them to learn to sing and dance and be able to perform in front of people. I love the zebra costume.
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