CMT 2014 presents a Broadway Extravaganza!

June 16-21

CMT's Broadway Extravaganza

This year CMT was a little different in a lot of ways.  First difference is that we did not do a musical as in past years; we did a musical revue--songs and dances from several Broadway shows, both classic and contemporary.  It was fun--easier to rehearse and we were able to feature many more children in this format than a traditional musical.  Plus the kids got to learn music from shows that CMT will NEVER do (South Pacific, Hairspray come to mind.)  I'm thinking I will alternate between this format and a play every other year.

The biggest and best difference was that this year we had a CMT committee.  I worked closely with the Shepherds who were co-directors/ co-producers/ production managers/ Awesome people.   And in addition to that, we had parents who chaired costumes, props, set, refreshments, backdrop, rehearsal snacks, cast pizza party, registration, etc.  It was AMAZING!  The whole process was much more fun, and the other parents did a WAY better job than I could have at their respective roles.  Huge thanks to all the parents who helped make CMT a success!  

And now, a bajillion pics of CMT 2014!

Painting the set

Dads and sons helping set up and strike the set

Rehearsals.  

Yes, this is a picture of one of our rehearsal days.

One of the kids threw his shoe up on the roof.  

Thank goodness for Ryan, we got it back down.

it was a little perilous.

"Seize the Day"--Newsies

"Naughty"--Matilda

"I Won't Grow Up"--Peter Pan

"Elegance"--Hello Dolly

"Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"--Annie

"Hard Knock Life"--Annie

"Nothin' Like a Dame"--South Pacific

(turned out SO cute!  These boys were hilarious!)

"I Know it's Today"--Shrek

 "Under The Sea"--Little Mermaid

"You Can't Stop the Beat"--Hairspray

"When I Grow Up"--Matilda

Notes after the first run-through

Cast Pizza Party

CAST PICTURES!

Just the cast

Cast + 4 directors, + 5 youth helpers

Sydney enjoyed the dress rehearsal while Arthur worked on the lighting.

And the costumes/props were ready . . .

the "Candy Bonanza" was ready . . .

The kids were ready . . .

And the directors were ready!

Showtime:

CMT is brought to you today by the Number 5 (5 rehearsals) 

and the Letter "C" (CrAzY!)

Not very many pictures of performance day, because I am too busy with everything else that day, but I have a few either from other people or taken after the performance.

Dallin singing "Arise and seize the Day!"

Dallin & Curtis

The Three Fiona's, Sophie, Lucy and  Daphne

my friend Tamera and I after the performance.  

We did it!

Love these Shepherds.  Seriously could not have done it without them.

Top 4 reasons I do CMT:

The kids all did so great--I was smiling the whole performance and sometimes tears popped into my eyes too.  Maybe because I was tired and stressed, but also, because I think CMT is  beautiful.  And when you have 66 kids up on stage singing "When I grow up I will be strong enough to haul around the heavy things you have to haul around with you when you're a grown-up," sometimes tears happen.

Music Classes by Dallin & Daphne

Dallin & Daphne are doing several music classes this summer to earn some money.  They sing songs with the kids, and do crafts and have a snack, and it's been a lot of fun!

Animal week:

Pirates and Princesses week.  

This was the "Knights and Princesses" day.

We got out the scarves and turned on Frozen music and everybody had the best time belting out "Let it Go!" 

Snack Time

April/May Quotes

Okay, I'm really behind on the quotes here.  And unfortunately, I don't even have that many collected.  But we'll have a go at it anyway. 

One day during family prayer, we kept smelling something gross.  After the preliminary olfactory investigation, it was discovered that the smell was emanating from two persons in our family.  It was Sean and Hayden.  The Smelly Boys.  They were gently reprimanded by the entire showering population in our family (only 4 of us, actually) by questions and statements such as: "When was the last time you guys showered?!?"  "You guys stink!"   The most offensive smell was narrowed down to Hayden's socks.  After Sean smelled those socks, he said, "So THAT'S what that smell on the bus was!"  Oh how embarrassing.  We are that family.  The family with smelly kids whose essence permeates the entire bus.  And yes, we are working on some better hygiene habits for certain members of the family.

During our drive to church in Florida, we drove through a very wealthy country club area.  Daphne said, "I want to live in one of these expensive houses!   I like expensive stuff."  

Again, in Florida, Hayden was disappointed when we got to Gatorland and saw the gators in their exhibits.  He said, "I want to go to some random swamp and find some wild alligators.  I like a little bit of danger."

Me: (At church) Church snacks are for babies.

Sydney: But they are also for big humans too, right?

Sean: Can I drain your iPad battery?

After a month of waiting for the tooth fairy to show up, I heard Daphne exclaim one morning, "Our tooth fairy is the WORST!"

One of the songs on the CMT rehearsal CD is "Elegance" from Hello Dolly.  As we were listening to that one day, Sean asked, "What does elegance mean?"   I said, "It kind of means you are poised, and in-style and feel sure of yourself."  Sean replied,  "Oh, I guess I'm pretty elegant."

Hayden and Sean were playing catch one day.  Hayden got hit in the head with the ball and started crying.  So I said,  "Hayden if the ball looks like its gonna hit your head, just duck and get out of the way."  Arthur hearing me, ran outside yelling, "NO, NO, NO!!! Don't listen to Mommy!  She doesn't know how to play catch!  If the ball is coming at your head, you CATCH it!"  

Hayden:  Yesterday was the last day of school, so I know everything there is to know in Kindergarten.

Sean:  (about a cockroach) I didn't kill it because God made it.

Hayden: (to a pigeon eating our cherries)  Yeah, you BETTER run!

We spent Easter Sunday in a ward in Florida.  Sydney refused to go to their primary, so she came with me to Relief Society.  During RS we watched a video depicting the Savior's crucifixion and resurrection.  When it was over, Sydney turned and whispered in my ear, "Is He alive?"  I felt a beautiful confirming spirit as I said, "Yes, Sydney.  Yes, He came alive again!  He is alive."

Cub Scout Day Camp

May 28th-31st

The week after school got out, Sean went to his first Cub Scout Day Camp and had a great time!

Chess.  This is kind of an interesting phenomenon.  Put a bunch of squirrely 8-year-old boys together and how do you keep them still?  Pull out the chess boards.  This group of 10 boys sat quietly for 45 minutes playing chess and were totally engaged!  

Archery!  Definitely something the boys were looking forward to most.  

Sean is a really good shot.  All 10 of his arrows but one hit the target, and he got 2 bulls eyes!