The play

Good morning!

It's play season! Yeah, and to ad to that a yet bigger yeah, Miss Kelly is directing it! This is probably the most difficult thing we do at the Garden School. But that's an opinion based on doing plays for years. The most difficult thing to accomplish is coordinating all the scenes and getting the kids to remember the dialogue and not letting frustrations claim your mood.

Miss Kelly is digging in and making it her own. She is such a good teacher and such a delight to have at the GS. Her work is so careful and deliberate. I know this play, like everything she does, will be outstanding. I am delighted to delegate this task to someone I have complete trust in. Her exemplary work makes it an easy hand over. I really feel the young teachers should have the experience of doing this because it adds a special something to ones teaching strategy.

My own personal appreciation goes out to her as well because the anxiety of performing is really tough on all the senses. You wake in the middle of the night for days wondering if it will work, remembering lines in your sleep and having that awful restless sense that somehow something is missing. As I mentioned, it is probably the most time consuming project we handle, and it takes all of us, but at the center is the teacher who is directing the children. It's really her work that makes or breaks the play.

This year, yours truly will be tackling the backdrops and set; Mrs. St. Louis is adding to her costume collection; Miss Amy is doing crowd control and working on fund raiser; and it goes oh so well.

Most of you have received a copy of your child's lines. Please have your child memorize his or her line or lines and know what comes before those lines. Please read the whole scene to your child so he knows when to say his line or lines. This would be an immeasurable help.

Costumes will be provided.