Everybody Cut Everybody Cut

One of the bigger events of our new year was Emma's involvement in EHS's production of Footloose. She was cast as one of the Bomont Adults, as well as taking on a dancing role at the BBQ joint where Ren McCormack and Ariel sneak off to go dancing. I think she was initially a little sad she didn't get one of the named roles in the show, since she had gotten a couple of call-backs. But I tried to help her remember that she's still a freshman, and that any role can be fun to throw yourself into. And to be totally honest, I really feel like that is something Emma is super good at. She tries to create full characters no matter how small the part. It's really fun to watch.

After all these years of having my girls in the plays at EHS I really feel connected to a lot of the kids, and love cheering them on. I got to help out a little with costumes again, although not a whole lot. Just enough to earn me a t-shirt:

Of course we would have been there for every night of the show no matter what, but what made us enjoy it even more was the fact that Romney's Nicholas was the lead role, Ren, and was fantastic. It's such a treat to hear him sing. And her dear friend Anna played his mom. Cute Connor was Willard and was just adorable. I think we'll all remember however the two injuries he sustained during rehearsal - both involving a trampoline. The trampoline got pulled from the show since it kept making him bleed. A funny note about Nicholas - one evening we sat behind some other theater students visiting from another high school. They were really sweet - I talked to them for a minute. And, well, I'll just say that they were rather taken with Nick. They screamed and grabbed each other's hands every time he came on stage and even said quietly..."there he is..." Pretty funny. 

One of the funnest parts of the show was the swing dance that Emma did at the BBQ joint. She and her partner were very...energetic dancers. In fact, we worried a little bit about their arms popping out of their sockets, they were so energetic. She was so cute up there. And I was happy that the show was as well attended as it was. The fall production of Les Miserables was so popular that the auditorium was more full than I had ever seen it for a play. Footloose didn't pull quite that many people in, but did very well and was a ton of fun.