Tom Sawyer the Musical

A few months ago, Karina and Eliana tried out for the musical Tom Sawyer, and they both got parts.  This was Karina's second musical.  Eliana's role was as a townsperson.  Karina was also a townsperson, and also a bat and a star.

Leading up to the musical, the girls hung up posters around the community to get the word out.

The kids do rehearsals for 6 weeks.  And then the week before opening night, there is rehearsal every night.

Here is a group picture with the entire cast, dressed in their Tom Sawyer-type garb.

Because Karina was also a bat, here she is as a bat.  In the story, Tom Sawyer gets stuck in a cave, and a group of bats come out screeching and fly around Tom.

Karina also got to be a star...these girls wore little LED light strings and posed in the dark to simulate a night sky.

Elvin got to see one of the shows with Gabe.  He really enjoyed it.

Because this community theater group is mostly volunteer-run, the parents have to help out and do certain roles or jobs.  This time, Emily was in charge of ushering and taking care of guests' needs.  So she got to wear a button saying "Usher", and a fancy earpiece connected to a walkie-talkie.

The kids performed really well.  Karina is in the blue dress and Eliana in the second row, wearing the red dress.

Here you can see Eliana fake crying, during a sad scene where the townspeople are mourning Tom Sawyer's supposed death.

Great job girls!