Aubrey's 3rd year in the Children's Theatre Production!

It's that time of year again! The South Dakota Children's Theatre Production came through town again for try-outs and Aubrey made it again. It's her 3rd year in a row! It's a pretty hectic schedule for the week. They had tryouts Monday after school at 3:30.

This year there were about 60 kids who tried out for parts. The whole process is very interesting. They have the kids form a line in the gymnasium going from the tallest to the shortest person. Then they start with one end of the line and the kids say their name and age. Then they start all over again and have them say their name and age again, but they say it like it is the most exciting day of their life! From their they start moving kids around and start grouping them according to age instead of height.

This year, Aubrey was towards the front of the line. Then they teach the kids a line from the play and have a group of 10 step forward and say the line. From there they start moving kids around within that group. Then they move forward to the next group of 10 and proceed through the process until they get down to the little kindergartners. Then they teach them one more line and go through the process one more time. This is when they really set who they want for the different parts. The older ones or the ones that they move towards the front of the line are the main parts of the play. Aubrey got one of the 8 main parts this year. Her character was Mozart.

Once they select the kids they want, they give them an hour dinner break then it's back at the gym for rehearsal until 8 pm. From their Aubrey practiced from 3:30 - 8:00 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then performances are Friday and Saturday nights that week! It is so amazing to sit and watch the production and realize that the kids only had 5 days to practice and put the whole thing together. It went really well.

It is so fun to watch your children do something that they truly love doing! Tim and I enjoyed just watching the beautiful smile on Aubrey's face the whole time she was on stage. Her face was just radiant up there. She was in her element and enjoying every second of it. It was so cute, she didn't realize she was doing it, but she was mouthing other people's lines as she was standing up there. She new everyone's lines!!! It was so funny! She didn't believe us when we told her she was doing it! I always said when she was little, that we'd have an actress in the family!

She's always enjoyed doing plays and this has been such a wonderful opportunity for her. She has only one more year that she can try out for the Children's Theatre. She was very disappointed until I told her that they have High School Drama Club that she can do after that! She was VERY excited to hear that! We're so proud of our little actress!