Back To The Future

As a parent you encourage your children to try different things in hopes they will find an activity that they enjoy and that challenges them. Parents all over America daily send their kids to soccer, dance, karate, volleyball, scouts… you name it. We are those parents. We have encouraged our girls to try just about anything and everything. This process has brought practices, games, recitals, showcases and the like. With every event we have seen our girls grow and learn more about themselves through struggles and successes. Last fall we tried something entirely new to our family. Theater. A friend of mine suggested our girls become part of the local branch of Christian Youth Theater (CYT). This has been an amazing adventure for both girls. They have over come stage fright, learned to project their voices, made friends with a whole new group of kids, and ultimately they have learned that success requires very hard work. They had the opportunity to audition for CYT's winter musical called Back To The Future. This production included a medially of songs from musicals CYT has put on in the past and plans to put on in the future. The girls both were given parts in the production and a few solos. It was amazing to see how they transformed on stage.

 Charis sang and preformed in many of the songs. Her biggest role was that of Molly from Annie.

In the image above the group is preforming Hard-Knock-Life.

Grace also preformed and sang in many songs. Her solos in Bye Bye Bird's Telephone Hour and So Long Farewell from Sound of Music were delightful! The picture above is from Welcome to Zuckerman Farm from Charlotte's Web.

Both girls sang parts in Rain Drops on Roses

We were so thankful that the girls' Gram and G-Paw, Nana and Pa, were able to attend the show. Also coming out to support the girls were teachers, coaches and dear family friends.