A New Star!

Laura has had a very busy and exciting week. She was allowed to be in the high school's production called Silhouettes of Broadway. They basically took a stroll through time and gave the audience a look at Broadway through the years. Laura was a little girl in Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man". As you can see from the pictures she played a normal little girl from the period for the song "Trouble" and after that she raced backstage to change into an Indian costume to perform with the "famous" Mayor's wife. She absolutely loved every minute of it. She loved the practices, the 4:45 AM dress rehearsal to be on the news, the 8 shows and the friendships she formed. I think she may have formed a love for the theatre that won't soon fade. She and Claire have always been able from the age of 2 to sit through an entire video of "Oklahoma", or "The Music Man". This past summer I took Laura to see "Wicked" on stage and ever since then you can hear both she and Claire walking around the house belting out tunes from the CD. As a family we all went to see the "Lion King" when it came within driving distance. Claire went to see the 3 hour show 3 times and sat perfectly still the whole time unless you count the fact that she was singing along with Elfaba and Glinda during the scenes from "Wicked"! She may have sang a few notes from "Hairspray" too. I was also told that during her 3rd trip to the show that she was heard singing "Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ," over and over again. Of course this was during "Jesus Christ Superstar". I guess she didn't quite get the superstar word so she just kept singing what she heard. Here are some pictures of Laura on her final day of the musical. The one picture is of her with her favorite star, Elfaba. This girl was an amazing singer. She gave me chills each and every performance. I can definitely see her going places.