the mad hatter

andrew's class put on a play on one of the final days of school.

alice in wonderland, not the entire thing - but a few great scenes.

andrew was the mad hatter.

to say i was impressed by him would be an understatement.

he was truly amazing.

he has been interested in acting for awhile, always wanting to be in the school plays.

he was in many: in the chorus, or with one or two lines as he was one of the young ones.

but, on one of his last days of the 4th grade it was apparent that his skills had blossomed.

he was so natural, witty and confident - even belted out a bit of a song...solo.
and never once did i see him practicing at home, even though he had about 46 lines.

it was so fun to see him play this part, i was really blown away by his ability.

his good friend, tessa, was alice.
andrew and tessa have been the two since kindergarten who seem to lead the class.

it was great to see them playing these leading roles together -
truly enjoying every minute of it and truly having a real talent for it.

his teacher explained after the play that she likes to give the students this opportunity to be
in front of an audience in a small setting - the classroom.
rather than be in the hall, or the new amazing stage - she likes to keep it simple.
so, that they can be introduced to it and not feel so overwhelmed by the big hall/stage.
what a great idea - they were all so comfortable with their lines.

i met tessa's grandmother at the play and she stopped me afterwards to tell me what an
amazing job andrew did.
it was a great year, and i'm so glad he had this experience on one of his final days.
i can't wait to see what the future has in store for him!