27 September 2008

Nutcracker - Again!

The children are doing the Nutcracker again. It is so much fun to watch them. Caleb is the actually nutcracker and prince again (this makes 3 years in a row). Eli is Fritz, the younger brother to Clara (the girl who gets the nutcracker doll), and he is also the rat king. This means that Caleb and Eli get to sword fight on stage. Caleb will have to stab Eli and kill him. They will love that part.

Emily gets to be a candy cane this year, and she is also in the party scene. This should be fun because she has watched her brothers in this scene for two years now. Claire will be a gingerbread cookie again, and hopefully she will be able to do her whole dance. Last year, one little girl was sad, so the rest of the girls stood there and waited for her to join the dance. I think they finally decided to go on without her. Bridget does a great job with the choreography, and it is slightly different every year. I am excited to see it.

This means that they practice their group dances in their regularly scheduled dance classes, and then they have their extra practices on Saturday. Needless to say, we spend a lot of time at the dance studio.

4 comments:

Heather said...

I would like to be there to see your kiddos "duel" on stage. I'm sure they'll have a blast with that one. One bonus is they can practice at home.

Amber said...

just checking to see if you updated it yet. ;)

Misty said...

Very fun. Dad told me about this and he couldn't figure out who Eli would be that Caleb would have to kill him! It all makes sense now! =)

Renee Anderson said...

When and what time is the big show?