abe and three of his buddies aka "the boomwhackers" performed. they played a song by hitting different sized plastic tubes on their heads. what could be better for eight year old boys? with their t-shirts that said "boomwhackers," and the way the sixth grade announcer introduced them, you might have mistaken them for a famous band. highly entertaining.
sadie also performed. hers was a little more serious. she sang a song called 'someone needs your star'. this year her class headed a couple service projects for their school to help children in afghanistan. i took photos of these projects and mixed them with photos of children from afghanistan (thanks to our good friend justin who is serving in afghanistan and his great wife, sue, who sent me copies of some photos) we made a slide show that went with her song. i thought it was pretty neat. sadie was the first to perform. her teacher said she lost all of her mascara....even the student council pres./sixth grade boy told sadie she made him cry. i was just so grateful that the projector worked and i was able to get my laptop charged since the cord broke on me. i was also grateful that dave happen to be post call for the dress rehearsal so he was able to watch them perform, even if it was just a practice.
all together it was a lot of work, but well worth it. it was rewarding to see them come up with an idea, work hard at it, do a great job and feel good about what they did.
no photo because i was too busy setting up and helping them, but i am going to try to round one up.
ps~ (thanks juliette for tending and giving my children blue otter pops...they love you! all i have to do if i want maxwell's attention is say, "baby delilah".)
