I am responsible for the success of 8 students' acting carriers. To better explain, I am directing a play called "A Wonderful Spell". Yesterday marked one of the last practices we have before our big performance on December 4th. One student, commonly skips school. One teacher has noted that he teachers her class 3 times a week and she is there only one or two times while he is there. Emily, as we'll call her, has missed the last two practices. This obviously does not bode well for the company's opening day.
The play is about a girl who likes to litter, a fairy that casts a spell on her that makes everything she touches turn to rubbish and for rubbish to chase her. Needless to say, it's captivating. About 1 or 2 of the students consistently enter the stage when they're meant to and only one other can actually speak loud enough that anyone can hear him. I try to tell them to do things differently but they typically don't know what I am saying and continue to run around chasing lost ping-pong balls.
At the end, we sing a song to the tune of, "If Your're Happy and You Know It" with the lyrics
Put your rubbish in the bin not on the ground (3x)
Put your rubbish in the bin, or it's trouble that you're in
and we'll always have to follow you around
We put our rubbish in the bin not on the ground (3x)
We'll be clean and make sure that our worlds green
We put our rubbish in the bin not on the ground
Although I had a major part in deciding the actions that would go along with this musical number, I can honestly say that Disney should consider coming to Taikoo Primary for their next big hit, "Primary: The Musical". I think it could be big. Really big.
As long as we can remember when to start...
We will find out soon enough if all the hard work we've put into the play pays off. My fellow CNET and I have been coming in on a few Saturdays to help make costumes and learn songs about a greener Earth.
Please, remember that you should all be crossing your fingers on your December 3rd and be watching facebook for a new video soon after.
