Over the past five days, for two hours each, Madam had been attending a holiday drama workshop at Act3 drama school. And today was their post-workshop performance.
This was kind of a big deal for us!
Firstly, because it would be her first stage performance of any kind. But more importantly it was like coming back to normalcy after all those painful few months.
Last December, she was supposed to be part of the Christmas concert at her playschool - she had learnt the dance (or whatever she could, because it was only later that we learnt that she couldn't keep up with the other children due to the imbalance caused by her cyst), her costume was ready and we were very excited about what would have been her first performance. But of course, God had other plans and instead of performing, she was recovering after her first major surgery and we were reeling from the news of the biopsy report and mentally preparing for the next surgery.
So this performance today, as you can imagine, was a bigger deal than it would have been otherwise. And it was also going to tell us whether she could and would keep up with the other children - from a motor skill and cognitive standpoint.
So I had all my fingers and toes crossed.
Madam was a Ladybug in a cute little play called "Just Peachy".
Once we got there, she was pretty excited about getting dressed and told me to stay outside the dressing room while she "gets ready in her costume".
Then she confidently walked to the stage together with the rest of the kids. Ok fine, as confidently she can.
She is still unsure when it comes to steps and flights of stairs and there was a really long one to the stage that she had to climb down, which she took some help for. I have to say the Act3 guys were really awesome - I had told them about her condition and they always made sure there was someone to look after her alone especially when it came to things like climbing up and down these stairs!
Anyway, we settled ourselves in the nice little black box theatre and the play began.
In the first part, when all the kids came together for a song, Madam looked pretty lost. She had a "what's going on here" expression. But later on, she seemed to catch on... and soon was dancing on the stage and mouthing her lines away (in a rather uncharacteristically coy way, if I may add).
If I were a more emotional person, I would have cried I suppose. But it was so good to see her being there and just being "normal"!
And it was amazing to see how much these guys had achieved in 10 hours flat! Both the plays by the 3 - 4 year olds and the 5 - 6 year olds were great!
Post the performances, the kids got a certificate each and I clapped and cheered all the way through! I asked Madam whether she enjoyed it and she said, "Yes". I asked her if she would like to do it again and said, "Yes". So that made me even happier!
It was probably one of the best days ever! I hugged Madam tight so many times, much to her annoyance!
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This was kind of a big deal for us!
Firstly, because it would be her first stage performance of any kind. But more importantly it was like coming back to normalcy after all those painful few months.
Last December, she was supposed to be part of the Christmas concert at her playschool - she had learnt the dance (or whatever she could, because it was only later that we learnt that she couldn't keep up with the other children due to the imbalance caused by her cyst), her costume was ready and we were very excited about what would have been her first performance. But of course, God had other plans and instead of performing, she was recovering after her first major surgery and we were reeling from the news of the biopsy report and mentally preparing for the next surgery.
So this performance today, as you can imagine, was a bigger deal than it would have been otherwise. And it was also going to tell us whether she could and would keep up with the other children - from a motor skill and cognitive standpoint.
So I had all my fingers and toes crossed.
Madam was a Ladybug in a cute little play called "Just Peachy".
Once we got there, she was pretty excited about getting dressed and told me to stay outside the dressing room while she "gets ready in her costume".
Then she confidently walked to the stage together with the rest of the kids. Ok fine, as confidently she can.
She is still unsure when it comes to steps and flights of stairs and there was a really long one to the stage that she had to climb down, which she took some help for. I have to say the Act3 guys were really awesome - I had told them about her condition and they always made sure there was someone to look after her alone especially when it came to things like climbing up and down these stairs!
Anyway, we settled ourselves in the nice little black box theatre and the play began.
In the first part, when all the kids came together for a song, Madam looked pretty lost. She had a "what's going on here" expression. But later on, she seemed to catch on... and soon was dancing on the stage and mouthing her lines away (in a rather uncharacteristically coy way, if I may add).
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| Miss Ladybug on the stage! |
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| Dancing away! |
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| Rocking her lines! |
If I were a more emotional person, I would have cried I suppose. But it was so good to see her being there and just being "normal"!
And it was amazing to see how much these guys had achieved in 10 hours flat! Both the plays by the 3 - 4 year olds and the 5 - 6 year olds were great!
Post the performances, the kids got a certificate each and I clapped and cheered all the way through! I asked Madam whether she enjoyed it and she said, "Yes". I asked her if she would like to do it again and said, "Yes". So that made me even happier!
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| Receiving her cert & posing for a photo |
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| Posing in from of the Big Peach from "Just Peachy" (and two very happy parents!) |
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She looks super cute in that red top
ReplyDeleteShe looks super cute in that red top
ReplyDeletethank you haneena! :)
Deletethank you haneena! :)
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