Friday morning Karen and I spent the day in town running errands - we had so many things to do that we missed trunk packing and Tim had to do it on his own. We only had three kids left so it wasn’t that bad for him. It was our final banquet for the kids and the front yard gets set up as a stockade and we eat out there. The weather was fantastic for it.
After dinner there was a Sangamon version of The Lion King performed. Usually in third session we do a combined play with B.C. We had a bit of work getting the boys interested but when they went over for auditions they said they had already cast it so they could really only be background kind of parts. Of course this kind of annoyed Sangamon so Richard (staff) and Scott (intern) decided we would do our own version. The kids could choose what part they wanted and staff went in it to (I was a grub that Simba ate when he meets Timone and Pumba and they show him what they eat - my costume was a sleeping bag). There were a few singing rehearsals and then the boys wrote the script pretty much the day before the performance and got to a point where half of it was to be ad libbed. It was pretty much thrown together at the last minute but the guys did a great job and it was so funny. It was rough and all over the place and everyone had a script in their hand but the thing was that the kids were up there doing it and having a great time and that’s what it’s all about.
After dinner there was a Sangamon version of The Lion King performed. Usually in third session we do a combined play with B.C. We had a bit of work getting the boys interested but when they went over for auditions they said they had already cast it so they could really only be background kind of parts. Of course this kind of annoyed Sangamon so Richard (staff) and Scott (intern) decided we would do our own version. The kids could choose what part they wanted and staff went in it to (I was a grub that Simba ate when he meets Timone and Pumba and they show him what they eat - my costume was a sleeping bag). There were a few singing rehearsals and then the boys wrote the script pretty much the day before the performance and got to a point where half of it was to be ad libbed. It was pretty much thrown together at the last minute but the guys did a great job and it was so funny. It was rough and all over the place and everyone had a script in their hand but the thing was that the kids were up there doing it and having a great time and that’s what it’s all about.
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