tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39297310623679915592024-03-14T00:35:35.614-04:00Walnut Street WillBackstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-85219129359713476692010-01-05T20:25:00.001-05:002010-01-05T20:32:58.818-05:00Wrapping It UpSo we are very close to the closing show! I can't beleive it! It feels like Will just auditioned yesterday. He is seriously having the experience of a lifetime. I have to tell you...so many wonderful experinences, too many wonderful experiences that it is hard to document it all!<br />
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<em>Mom: Will, what has been going on at Oliver these days?</em><br />
<em>Will: Lots of stuff.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Like what?</em><br />
<em>Will: I went to Marathon Grill with all of the kids.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What is Marathon Grill?</em><br />
<em>Will: It's a restaraunt that has good food like Banana French Toast and Chocolate Moose.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you like going there?</em><br />
<em>Will: yeah</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did the theatre do anything special for the holidays?</em><br />
<em>Will: No, well we all got a Visa gift card. We were on television on Chrsitmas Day singing Food Glorious Food.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Well, that is special.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What about during the big snow storm. Was there still shows?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, but there was not a lot of people there. At one show there was only 142 people there and the theatre has 1000 seats!</em><br />
<em>Mom: How did it feel to perform for a small audience?</em><br />
<em>Will: The same. The audience still looked the same from the stage.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What have you and your friends been up to?</em><br />
<em>Will: Playing DS Download on our DS's.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Tell me about some of your friends.</em><br />
<em>Will: They are funny...like Alex and Favian.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Who do you think you play with the most?</em><br />
<em>Will: Justin, Alex, Favian, Reese and Tyler</em><br />
<em>Mom: When do you have time to do all of the playing?</em><br />
<em>Will: During the second act because we aren't in any of the second act. Only the kids in "Who Will Buy" and Oliver and Dodger are in the second act.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Have a lot of people come to see you in the play?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, some people I don't even know came!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Didn't Reese share some cool news with you?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, he auditioned for the National tour of Beauty and the Beast and got the part of Chip.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What does National tour mean?</em><br />
<em>Will: It means he will go all around the country doing the play.</em><br />
<em>Mom: We'll have to try to go and see it.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What has been the best thing about being in Oliver so far?</em><br />
<em>Will: Doing all of ther performances.</em><br />
<em>Mom: You mean to tell me you don't get tired on the weekends when you have to do 5 performances?</em><br />
<em>Will: Nope</em><br />
<em>Mom: You know next week is the last weekend!</em><br />
<em>Will: NOOOOO!!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are you going to miss it?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, and I still don't know if we are going to have a Last Night party like we had an Opening Night party. </em><br />
<em>Mom: How is Buddy the Dog?</em><br />
<em>Will: Good. They made T Shirts with a picture of him on it and sell them at the gift shop.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Who is your favorite adult actor in the play?</em><br />
<em>Will: Hugh...he plays Fagan.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why Hugh?</em><br />
<em>Will: Because we spend the most time with him in the show, and he is really fun to act with, and he hangs out with us in the Green Room sometimes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What's going to happen when it is all over next week?</em><br />
<em>Will: Ummm...I don't know. Wait...ummm.. we are probably going to have a party. I will be sad because I really like doing the shows.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Would you want to be in another big show?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes!</em>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-55906427596326187622009-12-20T20:20:00.001-05:002009-12-20T23:09:17.675-05:00The Show Must Go OnSo although Philadelphia had a blizard yesterday, Oliver performances went on as scheduled! We were told at the parent meeting a while back, that the Walnut Street Theatre has never canceled a performance.The theatre booked hotel rooms for all of the children and their families downtown for Friday night and Saturday night so that they would not miss any performances. Art spent the day down there with Will. For dinner lots of the kids and their families went together to the Marathon Grill, and then walked to Washington Square Park at 6th and Walnut to enjoy the snow...and have a little fun! Thanks to a parent for taking these pics!<br />
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</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-38903001666497556012009-11-28T12:01:00.000-05:002009-11-28T12:01:40.139-05:00Sick Day for WillWell, unfortunately, Will will not be performing in the 2:00 pm show today. Yesterday he did 2 shows, and as the day went on he didn't feel well. By the time Art picked him up Kate ( child coordinator) told Art that Will had started saying that his head was really hurting. They took his temperature and he had a fever! He said that his head hurt so much while he was on stage that he didn't sing, he just pretended to sing. They gave him kids Tylenol at the theatre. He woke up this morning and still was white as ghost and didn't feel well. We had to call Kate and thell her that he would not be able to perform for the 2: 00 show. WIll is so upset. We told him that if he relaxes all day maybe he can do the 8:00 show tonight. We will see! The theatre will call Will's counterpart on the blue team and hope that she can fill in for him. Get well Will!<br />
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Here is the link to see it incase you missed it!<br />
<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=7140723">http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=7140723</a><br />
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<em>Mom: Why did you have to be at the theatre so early?</em><br />
<em>Will: Because we had donuts, bagels and juice together, then we had to go to our dressing rooms to get into our costumes, and then went to the 6th floor to practice the dance again.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Then what?</em><br />
<em>Will: Well, the bus was there so we had to get on the bus.</em><br />
<em>Mom: When you got to the Art Museum in the bus, what did you do?</em><br />
<em>Will: We waited, and waited, and waited and waited.</em><br />
<em>Mom: In the bus you waited?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah.</em><br />
<em>Mom: How long do you think you waited in the bus?</em><br />
<em>Will: Probably hours!(It was an hour I think)</em><br />
<em>Mom: Then what happened?</em><br />
<em>Will: The adults with us told us to get off the bus and line up. So we did and then we performed.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What could you see while you were performing?</em><br />
<em>Will: Lots of cameras and TV's and the audience.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you see any floats or ballons?</em><br />
<em>Will: I saw a My Little Pony balloon, and a dog balloon.</em><br />
<em>Mom: I heard that there was a problem with the music at the beginning of your number...what was it?</em><br />
<em>Will: We started singing at the same time, but then the music started going slower and we started going faster and it started to sound like a "round".</em><br />
<em>Mom: What is a "round?"</em><br />
<em>Will: Mom...I don't know how to explain it... I can't explain it...almost like an echo.</em><br />
<em>Mom: How did it get fixed?</em><br />
<em>Will: We started going slower, and the music started going faster and that is when it got fixed.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you like being in th eparade?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Tell me about the special box that was delivered to the theatre for you.</em><br />
<em>Will: Oh yeah, there was a big box and inside was a happy face filled with lots of big candy. It was from Aunt Gucci.</em><em>The kids thought it was really ,really cool. We couldn't eat it when I opened it because we are not allowed to eat in our costumes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: When did you eat it?</em><br />
<em>Will: Once we got back from the parade and got changed then I shared it with the kids...even the blue team...and I still have a lot left over.</em><br />
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</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-71681647001891329062009-11-24T23:29:00.003-05:002009-11-26T19:37:48.880-05:00Official Opening Night Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Friday, November 20th was the Official Opening for the Green Team. Although they did performances last <br />
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</div>The parents of the children got "comp" tickets to see their children perform during the Opening Night. Art and I got to go together to see Will perform. It was great. We were so proud of him. IT was so funny for us to watch him up there. It is still hard to beleive. Will also invited his Tia Sarah to come to his Opening Night Cast party, so she came to see the show also, along with her sister Francesca that came in for New York.<br />
The children received some gifts from the theatre, and had a blast at the cast party. Will thought he was really cool to be at a party at Midnight!<br />
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<em>Mom: So what did you think of the Opening Night Party?</em><br />
<em>Will: I think it was really fun...a thousand times really fun! </em><br />
<em>Mom: Was the food good?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, there was even Hope's Cookies...so many of them. I ate a lot of them. Daniel's Mom is Hope from Hope's Cookies. Those Hope's cookies are delicious.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What other food did they have?</em><br />
<em>Will: Tiny hot dogs, chicken wings, chicken fingers and soda. There was a bar for the adults.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What else was cool about it?</em><br />
<em>Will: We got some gifts from people.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What gift did you like the best?</em><br />
<em>Will: I don't know. That is a hard decision, but I like the stuffed dog.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What time was the party over?</em><br />
<em>Will: Well, we left really late...maybe 1 in the morning or so!</em><br />
<em>Mom: What were you doing after the show with those Oliver bickets?</em><br />
<em>Will: Getting money from people.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Money for what?</em><br />
<em>Will: To donate to the Walnut Street Theatre.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you like standing at the door collecting donations?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, it is really fun!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you know that you got a special Walnut Street Theatre Pin?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Who were your guests at the party?</em><br />
<em>Will: What party?</em><br />
<em>Mom: The opening night party Will. Who did you invite to the party as your guests?</em><br />
<em>Will: Oh, you, Dad, Tia Sarah and her sister. What was her name again?</em><br />
<em>Mom: Tia Sarah's sister is Francesca.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Fran bought you a cool gift. What was it?</em><br />
<em>Will: An Elvis CD. It is a tie between the Elvis CD and the dog for my best gift. Can you put some pictures on now?</em><br />
<em>Mom: Ok Will.</em><br />
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</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-36112663809594503912009-11-18T22:50:00.001-05:002009-11-18T22:54:04.217-05:00No Practice For the Green Team Today!!!Will did not have practice today...only the Blue Team practiced. Tonight is the official "Opening Night" of the show. <br />
WIll wanted me to post some more pictures so here they are!<br />
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</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-65292471746453289652009-11-16T21:14:00.004-05:002009-11-21T15:45:48.123-05:00DAY OFFAaaahhhh...Monday...Will's day off! We need it more than he does! So this past weekend Will did five performances. He was in his glory. I have never seen him happier!<br />
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<em>Mom: This was your first weekend of performances what did you think?</em><br />
<em>Will: I think it was so, so, so fun!!</em><br />
<em>Mom: How did it feel to be up on the stage in front of all of those people?</em><br />
<em>WIll: It felt real nervous at first, but then when we go to our tables on stage I wasn't nervous anymore.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did anything go wrong in any of your scenes this weekend?</em><br />
<em>Will: No.</em><br />
<em>Mom: After the Friday night show you had to stay later to do "Notes". What does that mean??</em><br />
<em>Will: That is when they tell us what went wrong, what we did wrong, what we need to add in, they tell us to do more reactions of we need to...they tell us what to fix! Mom, tell about the two pizza parties on Friday.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Tell me about the two pizza parties?</em><br />
<em>WIll: We had two pizza parties on Friday...one at lunch and one for dinner. We weren't allowed to leave for dinner because we needed more practice, so they got us more pizza. And we got soda too!</em><br />
<em>Mom:How are the boys that you share a dressing room with?</em><br />
<em>Will: They are really nice. </em><br />
<em>Mom: What do you do in between your scenes?</em><br />
<em>Will: We go backstage and wait in our dressing rooms. We play with our cards, play with our DS's and Game Boys.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Were you tired getting home late at night?</em><br />
<em>WIll: No, I am always wide awake.</em><br />
<em>Mom: So what has been your favorite thing about doing Oliver?</em><br />
<em>Will: I don't know.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Would you do another show?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes.</em><br />
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<strong>These are pictures that I took Saturday night at the show.</strong><br />
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</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-11945124720402508462009-11-14T01:03:00.002-05:002009-11-16T21:15:13.109-05:00November 13th- Will's First PerformanceWe just got home from Will's first performance of Oliver! It was incredible! Hope, Molly and I went to see it. Will had to be there at 12:30 p.m. today. First they had to re-record "Food Glorious Food" for the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Then at 1:00 p.m. they started rehearsing. We got there at 6 to pick him up for dinner...or so we thought! When we got there we were told that they were not being released for dinner because they needed the pratice time, and that they would feed them. Hope, Molly and I went and got something to eat, wondered around town and then went back. We were able to catch Will before the show to wish him luck. The kids were all eating pizza.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cool thing about the show is, that as soon as the show starts, Will in on the stage. Hope, Molly and I were so excited! People around us thought we were crazy! Will is actually in the first act a lot more than I thought he would be. He has a few really cute "pipsqueak" moments that get laughs from the audience. He is the smallest and youngest orphan in the bunch!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Will had a blast! He was most thrilled because his teacher, Mrs. Coleman, from school (Hancock School) came to see him! Actually...so did his principal Mr. Griffin. Ms. Hartman his kindergarten teacher from last year came too...she even brought her daughter. The librarian, Ms. Cohen, an interpreter Mr Buck and two other teachers, Ms. Dogon and Ms.Rigney from Hancock, all were there to support him! I can't believe that I didn't get his picture with them! How did I miss it!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Will is asleep now! He was so excited all day today. He told me tonight on the way home that he had so much fun and he wants to do it again. Thank goodness...because he has 4 more shows this weekend!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can't wait to see you Will! Hope, Molly and I are SOOOO excited!!!<br />
</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-63287092636756631502009-11-11T21:37:00.000-05:002009-11-11T21:37:29.554-05:00Two More Days...Will has two more days until his first public appearance in Oliver! Although this week is the first week of performances for an audience, this week is considered a "Preview" week. The Blue Team has done two performances so far...actually...they are on the stage right now!!! <br />
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<em>Mom: Two more days Will, and then you are on! Are you ready?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah..just tomorrow and the day after that, and then it is the show!!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you think you've done enough practicing?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, we have done a whole lot since the first day of it. It is really ,really fun there and I like making new friends.</em><br />
<em>Mom: How did the Blue Team do last night??</em><br />
<em>Will: Ms. Kate and Ms. Debbie ( stage coordinator) said that they did really good.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did you work on today?</em><br />
<em>Will: The Green Team practiced "Pick A Pocket" for the whole day. That is all we practiced.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What is you favorite song to do in the show?</em><br />
<em>Will: "Food Glorious Food" and "Pick a Pocket." I think I am going to get a big laugh in the show. Well, me and my counter part on the Blue Team.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why?</em><br />
<em>Will: Because Fagan ( Hugh Panaro) said we are! And Director Mark, said we are too! And at the dress rehearsal my counterpart got a REALLY big laugh!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why? What do you do that is so funny??</em><br />
<em>Will: Fagan picks me up, and my counterpart when it is her turn, and the part is funny.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are you ready for the Thanksgiving Day parade.</em><br />
<em>WIll: Yes, I saw the commercial for the parade...it showed a picture of Sam and Hugh Panaro...Fagan and Oliver. It said," The cast of Oliver."</em><br />
<em>Mom: Yep.... I saw the commercial too! That is going to be cool!</em><br />
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I don't think Will knows it yet, but the kids have to re-record "Food Glorious Food for the parade. Their first recording had too much background noise, so they need to record it again on Friday. I am getting excited for Will! I can't wait to see him. I haven't seen ANY of it yet. Get your tickets!!!They are going quickly!!!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-66042601957591175012009-11-09T13:20:00.000-05:002009-11-09T13:20:13.929-05:00Pround Tia Sarah!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XXzi-33DEPQ/SvhcuEztA0I/AAAAAAAAADE/r91LHMlWbOY/s1600-h/omeuserpicturesIMG00604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" sr="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XXzi-33DEPQ/SvhcuEztA0I/AAAAAAAAADE/r91LHMlWbOY/s320/omeuserpicturesIMG00604.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Will has an Aunt, Tia Sarah, that is SUPER proud of him!! She tells everyone and anyone that will listen about him being in Oliver! I would imagine that she is driving people at work NUTS!!! A friend of hers ( at work) took Will's picture that was in the paper on Friday and created a poster for Sarah to hang up in her office. The friend is probably hoping and praying that Sarah will stop telling everyone now that she has this poster hanging up in her office! Knowing her...I doubt it!!<br />
Here it is for everyone to see!!!!<br />
<em> Thanks Tia Sarah for your support! Keep spreading the word!!</em>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-15431678583451609122009-11-08T22:56:00.000-05:002009-11-08T22:56:30.319-05:00Another Week of Rehearsals Done!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XXzi-33DEPQ/SveQg-1DUgI/AAAAAAAAACc/XmDExNsL7lw/s1600-h/oliver+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" sr="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XXzi-33DEPQ/SveQg-1DUgI/AAAAAAAAACc/XmDExNsL7lw/s320/oliver+5.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-30545074097393125892009-11-07T18:56:00.007-05:002009-11-07T20:42:29.768-05:00Oliver!!! Starting Soon!!! How exciting!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Will outside of the Walnut Street Theatre getting VERY excited for next week!<br />
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So Will had practice today from 3-7. He wasn't there 20 minutes and Art got a phone call on his cell phone. Ms. Kate was calling to tell us that Will had fallen down a few steps and had a bloody mouth. Needless to say, his mouth is pretty soar...his lip is a little swollen, as well as his cheek, and it hurts a little for him to talk. This interview will be short!<br />
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<em>Mom: What happened to your mouth?</em><br />
<em>Will: I banged it.</em><br />
<em>Mom: How?</em><br />
<em>Will: I was walking up stairs and I didn't know a stair was there and I tripped.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Was it bleeding?</em><br />
<em>Will: It was gushering. ( He means gushing!!)</em><br />
<em>Mom: When did it happen?</em><br />
<em>Will: On a ten minute break. </em><br />
<em>Mom: Who helped you?</em><br />
<em>Will: Matt's Dad. </em><br />
<em>Mom: What did he do for you?</em><br />
<em>Will:Well, he works as an EMT so he checked it out and stopped the bleeding.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Were you ok to keep practicing?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: DId it affect your singing or dancing?</em><br />
<em>Will: No.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are you practicing on the stage yet?</em><br />
<em>Will: No tomorrow we start.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are you getting excited?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why?</em><br />
<em>Will: Because we are going on the stage tomorrow.</em><br />
<em>Mom: It is almost show time Will!!!</em><br />
<em>Will: I Know!</em><br />
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That is it for today!! Thank goodness he didn't need stitches or a trip to the emergency room!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-48965221256022646852009-11-01T21:45:00.002-05:002009-11-07T20:17:31.071-05:00Week Two is Complete!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Another week has come and gone...quickly! The rehearsals are going to start getting pretty intense this week. Thanks goodness tomorrow is Monday and he gets a day of rest!<br />
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<em>Mom: Let's talk about Halloween first. You didn't get a chance to go Trick or Treating this year because of Oliver practice...what do you think of that???</em><br />
<em>Will:Well, at Oliver rehearsal I forgot it was even Halloween...but then I remembered it was Halloween, and I remembered that we were going to get a bunch of treats there from all of the parents...so I felt ok. </em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you get to wear your costume to practice??</em><br />
<em>Will: Some kids did, but I couldn't wear my Darth Vader costume because we weren't allowed to wear capes or masks and Darth Vader has a cape and a mask...so I couldn't wear it!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you get to do anything special since it was Halloween?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, the director had</em><em> a pizza party for us, and I had soda...don't worry, it was Sprite...that has no caffeine it. I had three pieces of pizza... 2 plain and one pepperoni.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Well, I know that you sure came home with lots of treats. Did you get to eat any of them there?</em><br />
<em>Will: No...but I got a present too.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What present?</em><br />
<em>Will: It is a flying bat. It was from Miss Kate.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What was your favorite snack that you brought home.</em><br />
<em>Will: Hope's Cookies and the Crunch Bar</em><br />
<em>Mom: So what is going on now with practicing...what are you working on? Are you one the stage yet.</em><br />
<em>Will: No stage yet. Next week we will be on the stage. Sometimes we practice "Food Glorious Food," Pick a Pocket or Two," "It's a Fine Life," "I'd Do Anything" and the finale.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What is your favorite?</em><br />
<em>Will: The finale.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why? </em><br />
<em>Will: It's the curtain calls. We get to sing half of "Food Glorious Food," half of "I'd Do Anything" and half of "Consider Yourself."</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you get to bow?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes. I bow with "Fagan's Gang."</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are you getting tired of all of the rehearsals?</em><br />
<em>Will: I like going...it is fun. I only get tired of the long rehearsals. They are coming up soon!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you know a lot of the kids now?</em><br />
<em>Will: I know Sam, Conrad, Tyler, Timmy, Erin, Tommy, Jahad, Alex, Gavin, Justin, Matt...</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are these all of the kids that you play with?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yep!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Who is your favorite?</em><br />
<em>Will: Tyler, Sam and Justin</em><br />
<em>Mom: What do you play?</em><br />
<em>Will: Well, I play tag, sometimes I watch Sam make cartoons on his DSI and that is about all.</em><br />
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Will is correct...very soon his rehearsals will go from 3-7 to pretty much ALL day. I really want to start posting some pictures...I guess I need to take few first!!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-66733388139525962102009-10-27T21:21:00.003-04:002009-11-07T20:15:53.007-05:00Week 2Will had his first day off yesterday, after rehearsing 5 days straight. Monday is always their day off... it has something to do with the Actor's Union for the actor's that are part of it. He seems to be really be liking it. He is definitely learning a lot!<br />
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<em>Mom: Week 2 Will...what do you think?</em><br />
<em>Will: I think it is fun.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What have you been doing at the practices?</em><br />
<em>Will: "It's a Fine Life," "Pick a Pocket or Two" and "Consider Yourself." That's it.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What about "Food, Glorious Food?"</em><br />
<em>Will: Umm... no...we have that down.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you do anything special in any of the new songs that you are working on?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, at the end of "Pick a Pocket or Two" Fagan says, "Put all the stuff back in the box."</em><br />
<em>Mom: What stuff?</em><br />
<em>Will: All of the stuff that we picked out of peoples pockets.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Oh, ok, go ahead.</em><br />
<em>Will: Then I pretend to put the coin in the box but really I didn't. But then I walk over to another boy and show him that I didn't put it in and whisper," Hey, I still have it."</em><br />
<em>Mom: Then what?</em><br />
<em>Will: Then Fagan says,"ALL OF THEM" because he knows that I still have the coin. So I really put it back in the box this time and Fagan picks me up by my hips and says," What a crook!"</em><br />
<em>Mom: Is that a funny part?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you do anything else special in other songs?</em><br />
<em>Will: I am a horse in "Consider Yourself."</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you get fitted for your costume yet?</em><br />
<em>Will: No, only my shoes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: How have the other kids been? Any problems?</em><br />
<em>Will: Good...no problems.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Aren't you going to practice early tomorrow to work on something special?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes!!!! Tomorrow we have to go early because they have to record all of us singing "Food Glorious Food" for the Thanksgiving Day Parade. We won't really be singing at the parade...we have to lip sync on Thanksgiving.</em><br />
<em>Mom: So, do you like going to all of these practices? This is like having a real job!!</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, it is really, really, really fun! I like getting the paycheck.</em><br />
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Ahhhhhh....him telling me how much he likes it makes ALL of our craziness getting him there and back every day TOTALLY worth it!!! Get your tickets.THis show is going to be good!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-53005159862391718112009-10-24T20:53:00.001-04:002009-10-24T21:44:01.396-04:00A New SongAlmost a week of practicing has come and gone...and what a week it has been. We are all still adjusting to the rehearsal schedule. We overslept on Friday morning...which no one in this house ever does, and we all decided to do nothing tonight...which we never do! Will had rehearsal yesterday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m, and today from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Long hours this kid has been keeping. I think we are more tired than he is.<br />
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<em>Mom: You were at practice for a REALLY long time today. I missed you...did you miss us??</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did you do all day?</em><br />
<em>Will: We practiced "Pick a Pocket or Two."</em><br />
<em>Mom: What about "Food Glorious Food?"</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, we did that too. We spent more time on "Pick a Pocket or Two" today. </em><br />
<em>Mom: Who is in "Pick a Pocket or Two" with you?</em><br />
<em>Will: Oliver, Dodger, Fagan and Fagan's Gang. I'm in Fagan's gang.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are all of the kids in Fagan's Gang?</em><br />
<em>Will: No. Mostly the boys...but a few girls. Mom, I am supposed to be the youngest one in Fagan's Gang, so the Fagan is training me to steal things...not for real...in the show.</em><br />
<em>Mom: OH...that sounds interesting! Did you learn the song and dance today?</em><br />
<em>Will: We learned the song but not the dance. But they needed a kid to go on Alex's shoulders and they picked me. So I went on his shoulders but my leg started to hurt because of his shoulder, so someone esle had to do it. But then when I saw another kid try it, I changed my mind and told Ms. Kate that I wanted to do it now because it would make you proud, but they kept the other kid doing that part up on the shoulders. I'm not going to do it.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Will, I am always proud of you. You don't need to be on someone's shoulders for me to be proud of you! Tell me what else you did today?</em><br />
<em>Will: I got fitted for my shoes. I am a size 13.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What do the shoes look like?</em><br />
<em>Will: They look like tap shoes, but they don't have taps on the bottom, and they are soft not hard...and they are not plastic.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What about lunch? What did you do at lunch?</em><br />
<em>Will: I ate everything in my lunch box except for one pack of crackers, and then I played "Deal or No Deal" on my Nintendo DS. Some kids watched me.</em><br />
<em>Mom: How were the kids? Were there any problems?</em><br />
<em>Will: Well, I spilled water on my pants on the break and when I came back into the room, one by ( Will named him, but I will not) said," Hey everybody, Will had an accident." He said it to everyone. I told Ms. Kate and she took him out of the room for a little, then he came back in.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Were you upset?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, I made a face but I didn't cry. I made the face so no one else could see.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Who is the nicest kid you met so far?</em><br />
<em>Will: Sam.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why is he so nice?</em><br />
<em>Will: Because he does nice stuff for everyone and is nice to everyone. At lunch time he played with everybody. Can we carve the pumpkins now?</em><br />
<em>Mom: Yes, Will.</em><br />
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Why do kids have to be so mean???UGHH!!! That part broke my heart. Will is excited to be part of Fagan's Gang. He thinks that song is really cool. Although he was there for a long period of time today, he is not one bit tired. He came through the door, happy and excited about getting ice cream and carving pumpkins tonight. Hope and Molly won a raffle at Settlement Music School today. That is where they take piano lessons. The prize was a BIG Halloween basket with lots of Halloween treats. They told Will that since he probably won't get to go Trick or Treating because of the rehearsals, that the basket could be his, as long as he shares some of the stuff in it with them! He was smiling from ear to ear.<br />
I want him to have a great time while in this play, but I also want him to stay a typical kid...a kid that happens to like musicals and singing and dancing. I don't want other kids to make him feel bad about himself or tease him because he is the youngest one. I want this experience to be a positive one. Let's hope that it is!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-60768708809410386822009-10-22T20:45:00.001-04:002009-10-22T20:46:11.051-04:00Fun DayWOW! Can't believe this is already Will's third day of practice. I got to drop him off today. I got to see where the children hang out until they are needed and called. I gotta tell ya, it seemed like it could be a little boring when they aren't doing anything, so now I understand why Will described it like that on his first day.<br />
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<em>Mom: Day three Will...what did you think?</em><br />
<em>Will: I think today was really, really. really fun!</em><br />
<em>Mom: Why?</em><br />
<em>Will: Because we learned the WHOLE dance of Food Glorious Food. We already knew the song so today we did the whole entire dance.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Where did you practice it?</em><br />
<em>Will: In the room that I danced in for the auditions. </em><br />
<em>Mom: Do all of the kids practice at once?</em><br />
<em>Will: The Green Team goes at once, and then the Blue Team goes at once.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What do you do when the blue team is practicing, since you are in the Green Team?</em><br />
<em>Will: We sit next to where the blue team is dancing and watch.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did you do on your breaks?</em><br />
<em>Will: I ate the snacks that were in my lunch bag. All of our breaks today were only 5 or 10 minutes. I didn't have time to play.</em><br />
<em>Mom: So, now that you've been with the kids for three days, what do you think of them?</em><br />
<em>Will: I think they are fun to play with. Most of them are nice, but one girl was mean to me.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did she do that was mean?</em><br />
<em>Will: When the piano player told us to practice singing "Food Glorious Food" on our own, I was singing it and she said," Can you stop singing." And she didn't even say please!</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did you say? </em><br />
<em>Will: I said," No." And I kept on singing.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did she do then?</em><br />
<em>Will: She didn't care.</em><br />
<em>Mom: But all of the other kids have been nice?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did anything else happen that you want to tell me about?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, Dad asked Miss Kate if we are getting out of practice early on Halloween.</em><br />
<em>Mom: And what did she say?</em><br />
<em>Will: She said No.</em><br />
<em>Mom: WHOA!!!They aren't letting you out early to go Trick or Treating?????</em><br />
<em>Will: No. Mom... Hope, Molly and Lucy are going to have more candy than me aren't they?</em><br />
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Come on!!! No early dismissal for Trick or Treating????Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-34378800689314919592009-10-21T22:03:00.001-04:002009-10-21T22:55:48.393-04:00A Better Day ( I Hope!!)Today Will had rehearsal from 3:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. It was a little shorter today. He should have gone to school...but he didn't. He was exhausted from yesterday. Since it was only a half day of school today, we kept him home. Art took him to the theater around 2:30 p.m. and picked him up at 7:00 p.m.<br />
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<em>Mom: Was today better than yesterday?</em><br />
<em>Will: YES!</em><br />
<em>Mom: How?</em><br />
<em>Will: Well, it was shorter and I made friends, and we started doing "Food Glorious Food." We did the dance and it was really cool.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Tell me about it.</em><br />
<em>Will: First we walked around the table, then we stood next to the seats then we started singing. We had a bowl and a spoon in our hands. I sit next to the boy that plays Oliver. His name is Sam. I made friends with him. After we sang a little, we banged our bowls on the table. Then we sang again. We banged our hands on the table and then sat down. We some more too.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Was it fun?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you practice "Food, Glorious Food" all day?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes, we didn't practice anything else.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you meet some of the kids today?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yes. One of them has brown hair that is a little bit long. I played a little bit with him.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What's his name?</em><br />
<em>Will: I don't know.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did you do at lunch time?</em><br />
<em>Will: We didn't have lunch time today because the adults in the show already had lunch. They were practicing a lot longer than us.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you practice on the stage?</em><br />
<em>Will: No. We don't do it on the stage for two more weeks. We practice it in the room where we danced for the audition.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Was it still boring?</em><br />
<em>Will: No</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you want to go back tomorrow?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yep..oh, yeah, and we wrote in our scripts what the dance is going to be like. A boy named Justin let me use his highlighter. We put our scripts in a folder. I decorated it by drawing Monster Trucks. Sam helped me spell some words on my folder.</em><br />
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When Art picked him up today, Ms. Kate said that he had a good day. I was glad to hear that!!!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-7850121829495160532009-10-20T21:22:00.059-04:002009-10-21T22:55:12.912-04:00First Day of RehearsalsWell, today was the day! Will's first day of rehearsals for Oliver! He woke up at the crack of dawn, and was super excited. He had a backpack packed and ready to go. He packed his Nintendo DS and a few books. He had to be there at 10 a.m. ( Art took him) and he finished at 6:00 p.m. From 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. they had a "Meet and Greet." Everyone involved in the production introduced themselves...everyone!! After that Art left Will there with the other children. There is a Child Coordinator, Ms. Kate, that is responsible for the care of the children. We wondered all day how he was doing. I mean he is only six years old. Eight hours is a long time for him...especially when he doesn't know anyone. When he got home we asked him all about his day.<br />
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<em>Mom: So, what do you think?</em><br />
<em>Will: It was fun...a little bit boring.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What did you do all day?</em><br />
<em>Will: I played "Red Light, Green Light" at lunch time. We talked about what the stage is going to look like for the show. We practiced songs and read through the whole entire show. It was a little boring. I played with my Nintendo DS at break time. I ate 4 cinamon buns and one muffin at the "Meet and Greet" and I ate one donut.</em><br />
<em>Mom: WOW! You ate a lot of junk. Where did you get it all from?</em><br />
<em>Will: There was a whole big table of food.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Did you meet lots of people?</em><br />
<em>Will: No.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What about all of the other kids?Weren't you with them all day?</em><br />
<em>Will: Yeah, I was with them all day but I didn't meet them. I asked questions to Miss Debbie ( stage manager) and I talked to Ms. Kate ( Child Coordinator) but I didn't meet the kids.</em><br />
<em>Mom: Are you the youngest kid there?</em><br />
<em>Will: I think so.</em><br />
<em>Mom: What was your favorite part of the day?</em><br />
<em>Will: Playing "Red Light, Green Light."</em><br />
<em>Mom: Do you want to go back tomorrow?</em><br />
<em>Will: It was so boring, I don't know. I guess.</em><br />
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So, there you have it. He spends eight hours at the Walnut Street Theater with about 30 other kids and he didn't "meet" any of them. He played and ate snacks. Let's hope he finds tomorrow more exciting!Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929731062367991559.post-73035247611438583182009-10-01T18:53:00.006-04:002009-11-07T20:12:46.590-05:00Welcome!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XXzi-33DEPQ/SvYa_j7btwI/AAAAAAAAABs/Ivd_uvzPkoE/s1600-h/oliver+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" sr="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XXzi-33DEPQ/SvYa_j7btwI/AAAAAAAAABs/Ivd_uvzPkoE/s320/oliver+10.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Check back often for updates on <em>Will McQuoid's</em> experiences while rehearsing for and performing in <strong>Oliver!</strong> at the <a href="http://www.walnutstreettheatre.org/">Walnut Street Theater</a> in Philadelphia, PA. The production will run from November 10, 2009 - January 10, 2010. Will will performing in the weekend shows. He is part of the "Green Team" which will be performing in the Friday night ( 8:00 p.m.) shows, Saturday ( 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.) shows and Sunday (2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.) shows. However, there are a few Sunday, 8:00 p.m. performances that the "Green Team" will not be doing, and instead, the "Blue Team" ( they do all of the weekday performances) will be doing those.<br />
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Will is super excited to have been chosen to perform in Oliver! He can't wait for the show to begin. <br />
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Will's school, Hancock Demonstration School, suggested that he keep a journal to document this experience. Instead of a traditional journal,a very good friend of mine, Lisa Kelley, created this Blog. She is an awesome artist ( Graphic Design) whose creativity is amazing. She was nice enough to design this Blog so that I will be able to record this wonderful experience for Will, but at the same time share it with everyone that is interested. She has an amazing website where you can check out lots of her work and purchase what you like. Check out her <a href="http://www.milkshakecrafts.com/">site.</a><br />
<strong>Thank you Lisa!</strong>Backstage with Mom and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971182499165905938noreply@blogger.com2