"This little Light of Mine"

Buck's Christmas play was today - Something about a little star and how she was chosen to shine over Bethlehem. It was a very cute play - the lead actors were all in grade 1 or 2. There was the "Western Star" who was trying to upstage everyone and the little boy who played him was HILARIOUS. There were many Calgary Stampede jokes and a big cowboy hat and Western accent. Eventually, the littlest star, Sadie, was chosen for her humility. The actress who played Sadie was obviously chosen for her ability to 'project' across a large auditorium - she was excellent. I was sitting with 2 other moms of Buck's classmates and there were a couple of times that we were called back to the story through little Sadie's shouting her lines. It was awesome. No wilting violets at Buck's school.

True to the standard routine, each class came up to the stage to perform a song. Thankfully, there are two Christmas concerts at Buck's school, the first is grades PreK-4 to grade 3 and the second is grade 4 to 12. Ours was at 2:30pm and the upper grades perform at 7:30. Although RKZ couldn't make it to Buck's performance (someone has to pay for the school), it is nice to have the evening open to our normal routine. The thought of having Buck and Thunder awake at a concert at 7:30pm makes cringe. One of the moms next to me has kids in both the lower and upper schools and so she and her husband have to attend both shows. I should write "get" to attend, but we all know the truth. I'm thinking it might be different if they are all your own children.

Regardless, Buck's class sang "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", which is what this video shows. Buck seems a bit lost at the beginning, but I think it was the actuality that there were about 200 people watching him that has him freaked out. I love how all of the kids are concentrating so much on the actions of a song they've all probably known since they were 2. A bit after this song, the entire school came up and they all sang "This Little Light of Mine." I might post that later.

The best "behind the scenes" fact is that I totally stagemom-ed my way to the front to get this video. All of the preK parents were crammed into the front row to get video and pictures. It was also awesome and I was happy to take the lead on the crazy. Made me feel happy in a psychotic kind of way.