Well it's done

The show was cast, and the list was posted yesterday. Created quite a stir at the school at lunch, when 100 kids all gathered round my door at lunch to check out the list.

There were some screams of joy, there was some crying. All in all, the majority of kids seem ok with it and are excited to get started.

However, after breaking my "not laughing" streak, there was another streak I had to break I guess. I left a kid off the cast list by mistake.

Even though it's against my personal philosophy to cut kids, I like to pretend that I DO cut and not everyone gets in. It's more fun to hear "OH MY GOD! I got CHORUS!!!!!!!" when they think they "made it", than "I got stuck in the chorus cause she doesn't believe in cutting the crappy kids".

Anyhow, so I make a big deal out of "you can try out next year", blah blah blah. I'm also VERY careful in making sure everyone gets on the list. Or so I thought.

And there couldn't have been a worse person to leave off the list. This girl will definitely be one of the keeners of the group. Since the auditions were announced, she has been in my office EVERY day asking me one ridiculous or redundant question after another.

So, the list was posted, and after about five minutes she comes up to me and says "Uh, if you're not on the list, does that mean you're still in the show, but you just don't have a part?" My stomach sank, cause the minute she said it, I knew I hadn't typed her name in.

Thankfully, I'm resourceful, and also excellent at lying...err, thinking on my feet. So I said "Of course you're on there. ONce the crowd dies down, we'll take a look." Promptly went into my office, printed another copy and quickly switched the copies on the wall (it helps when you still have a wall of kids in front of it).

Then, I took her up there and said "see? There you are right there, silly girl!". And all is right with the world again.

Our first rehearsal will be Wednesday. From then on, I will start answering the questions I call "Well, in the movie" questions. This is why I don't like when the kids watch the movie of the show beforehand, because the movie is often WELL different than the show.

However, minor script differences aside, I've also had the following questions:

The year we did the Wizard of Oz:

"In the movie Glinda floated down in a giant bubble. Do I get to float down in a bubble?"





This little special effect took a WHOLE lot of dishsoap.






"In the movie, the witch shoots a fire ball out of her hands. How are we going to do THAT?"





The year we did Grease:

"I downloaded 'Greased Lightning' from the Internet. The copy you gave me says "Dragon Wagon", but the real version says "Pussy Wagon". Which will we use?


Thankfully, the movie version of Annie is quite close to the play version. Except of course for the 20 or so kids suggesting we use THEIR dog for Sandy. How's a kid in a costume grab you folks?