Elementary school plays

Welcome to the little leagues. And I can say that with authority. I've done high school and college theater. I'd call that the minors. But to their credit they are ages 5-12. What the heck are you talking about?? Adeena has become an extra-curricular junkie. She joined her school choir, she tried out for the musical and joined Knowledge Bowl. A little nuts but she's smart and enjoys it so who am I to complain? Anyway, so the musical was "A Christmas Carol" and considering the ages, it actually turned out pretty good...but it showed that they were amatuers. Oh, I'm not talking about the kids. The school had rented or bought or something some wireless mics that go over the ear and down the cheek. The tech-guys struggled to get clear sound and at several points we got to hear the screeching of two mics too close to each other. It was not good. The chorus, which Adeena was part of, sounded the best and that was because none of them were mic-ed.

I can go over and over the reasons that they had so many issues but let's just suffice to say they did. Which was sad because if I didn't know the story so well and hadn't just seen the Jim Carrey version it would have been hard to follow because it was so hard to hear. But the kids were cute and Adeena was pretty shy before this year so we were very proud of her to get so involved with things that require public performance. And since I did theater, I'm kinda proud she is getting into it. Who says we can't live through our children? :)