The last 2 weeks have seen 3 separate school productions that have involved all 4 children.
Starting out, on Monday, December 1st, the elementary school students at RLCA put on their 2009 Christmas production. The evening started out with a few selections from the After-School Choir, featuring both Amanda and Abigail. The video below is from Deck the Halls.
Following the After-School Choir was the main event; The Mystery of the Manger. As I stated at the beginning of the year, Abigail was seeking a larger role this year, and she achieved just that with the speaking part of 'Olivia'. Amanda lent her vocal talents in the ensemble. Below is roughly the first 8'ish minutes of the show.
This production was then succeeded by the 2009 RLCA Christmas Concert on December 14th. In similar form to last year, this involved Abigail on clarinet playing for the 5th grade band and Alex on percussion for the Middle School band.
The first song for the 5th Grade Band is Little Drummer Boy. For this song, due to the lack of a trumpeter, Abigail took lead on clarinet. And totally rocked it...if I do say so myself...
The 5th grade's second song was We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Following closing behind was the Middle School band. Their first selection was the epically long Christmastime with Charlie Brown with Alex on cymbal. Take special note of Alex's expert use of a single drum stick. The reason: The other grew legs and wandered off. Still, its a fine performance...
The Middle School's 2nd selection is a piece called Rocky, Rocky Road. For this, Alex transitioned to bass drum...
Last, but certainly not least, we have Aidan's first ever school production. GCA presented their annual Preschool Christmas show on Tuesday, December 15th.
The kids actually performed Away in a Manger after this, but for some reason our little guy broke down and cried through the whole thing.
