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.
Mom: Was today better than yesterday?
Will: YES!
Mom: How?
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.
Mom: Tell me about it.
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.
Mom: Was it fun?
Will: Yes
Mom: Did you practice "Food, Glorious Food" all day?
Will: Yes, we didn't practice anything else.
Mom: Did you meet some of the kids today?
Will: Yes. One of them has brown hair that is a little bit long. I played a little bit with him.
Mom: What's his name?
Will: I don't know.
Mom: What did you do at lunch time?
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.
Mom: Did you practice on the stage?
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.
Mom: Was it still boring?
Will: No
Mom: Do you want to go back tomorrow?
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.
When Art picked him up today, Ms. Kate said that he had a good day. I was glad to hear that!!!
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- Backstage with Mom and Will
- Follow along with Will as he practices for, and peforms in Oliver! at the Walnut Street Theater. Will is a first grader at John Hancock Demonstration School in Philadelphia. He has been singing since he could speak, and enjoys playing the drums, riding his bike and playing with his Guinnea Pigs. He recently performed the role of Winthrop in a production of the "Music Man" with the Sienna Players, and also performed last Fall in "Aristocats" with the Junior Vogue Players. He lives with his Mom, Dad, Nonna and three sisters: Hope, Molly and Lucy. Everyone in the house is thrilled for him, and can't wait to see him in the show.
7 comments:
Yay Will! Keep up the good work! Super proud of you - always was and always will be!
Love and kisses!
Abby
awwww! glad to hear this day was better! :)
Love the blog! Will looks so grown up in that photo! Looking forward to more posts!
Will, I am so proud of you! My daughter and I can't wait to come and see you perform on stage! Very, very exciting! GO WILL!
Hey Will, Now I don't even have to tell you how Proud I am of you. I can just write in your blog..
But you can still come in my room to watch Wheel of Fortune....
Be a Good Orphan in Oliver.
Love you
Hi Will, I just want to say how proud I am of you!! I am telling everyone at Penn Treaty that you are in the play and will be famous!! We need your autograph! Good luck in the show!
Hey Will!!!
So proud of you for all your hard work. I hope you have fun, meet lots of new friends and have a wonderful experience. We miss you in class!!!
Oh and not leaving early on Halloween??????? Booooooo! And I don't mean that as a scary ghost. Don't worry about the candy situation, I'm sure your sisters will hook you up! If not, I will!
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