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Beauty and the Beast took on a country twang when four Hobbs elementary schools presented a twist on the classic tale, Beauty Lou and the Country Beast,
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| Students from BTW, Southern Heights, Coronado and Mills put their best thumb forward during Monday's auditions for Beauty Lou and the Country Beast. The Missoula Children's Theater musical will be performed at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tydings. Click on the picture for highilghts. |
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The Missoula Children's Theatre Directors taught the students at
Will Rogers Elementary a workshop about the basics of drama
including the three C’s .
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Wizard of Oz - including the Cowardly Lion - came out to perform Saturday at Tydings Auditorium. The occasion was a Missoula Children's Theatre Production made up of students from Will Rogers, Broadmoor, College Lane and Sanger.
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More than 60 elementary school students from Broadmoor, College Lane, Sanger, and Will Rogers put their best acting foot forward during Monday auditions for The Wizard of Oz. The youngsters, who will spend all week rehearsing the play, will make their stage debut at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tydings.
| Fifth grade students at Will Rogers attended their first violin lesso
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| Fifth grade students at Will Rogers attended their first violin lesso
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Edison, Stone, Jefferson and Taylor Elementary school students were in full yo-ho-ho regalia on Saturday as they acted out Blackbeard the Pirate, a Missoula Children's Theater production.
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On the day before the performance a dedicated principal and her students and staff help decorate the lobby of Tydings Auditorium.
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More than 80 elementary school students from Jefferson, Edison, Taylor and Stone put their best acting foot forward during Monday auditions for Blackbeard the Pirate. The youngsters, who will spend all week rehearsing the play, will make their stage debut at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tydings.
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Snow White
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The Missoula Children's Theater production of "Snow White" featured students from Mills, Coronado, BTW and Southern Heights. The musical was performed at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 29th in Tydings Auditorium.
Southern Heights students Chloe Ortiz, Edith Sepulveda and Alexa Lopez fluttered and swooped around the Tydings Auditorium stage when they portrayed bats during a weekend performance of Snow White.
Click on the bat picture for more.
View Snow White Pictures Part 1
The students of Booker T. Washington, Coronado, Mills and Southern Heights became characters in a fairy tale.
The Black Forest was home to an Evil Queen and Backwards King...
and other creatures, animals...
Witless Woodmen...
and bats.
A magic mirror made the queen jealous of Snow White...
However, thanks to her forest friends, Snow White lived happily ever after...
with the help of a kiss from a frog.
Congratulations to the students of Booker T. Washington, Coronado, Mills, and Southern Heights on an outstanding performance of Missoula Children's Theatre Production of
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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The Secret Garden
A variety of characters gave memorable performances in The Secret Garden at Tydings Auditorium on Oct. 8. The performance was the result of a week of work for students from College Lane, Broadmoor, Sanger and Will Rogers.
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The journey to The Secret Garden was a long one for Mary Lennox…
"The Secret Garden" Audience Member Online Survey
Watch a Slideshow of the Performance
She met a detective and a few strong geese…
She met some interesting characters like Martha, Dickon, Susan, Archibald, Mrs. Medlock, Doctor Craven, Ben, and Colin.
Then she bumped into the Bugs that Rock!
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She ran into a Robin and some Moor Folk…
and Fireflies...
They all watched the garden wither away... slowly... and come back brighter than ever.
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So what was the secret to the garden?
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You will just have to read the book to know the whole story.
There was no secret that a fun time was had by all.
The Secret Garden was a well acted and produced play by the students at
Broadmoor, College Lane, Sanger, and Will Rogers Elementary
with the help from Missoula Children’s Theatre.
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Students from Broadmoor, Sanger Will Rogers and College Lane threw some emotion and body language into their auditions for The Secret Garden on Monday. They'll perform the play at 3 p.m. Saturday in Tydings. Click on the picture for highlights.
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| The Will Rogers 5th Grade Classes learned the different kinds of stage make-up like "Character", "Corrective" and "Special Effects" on Friday. The Missoula Children's Theatre directors made-up some pretty dramatic creations on student volunteers to use as examples and hilarity ensued.
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Missoula Children's Theatre
Performance!
3:00 pm
Saturday, October 8th
@ Tydings Auditorium
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The Jungle was a very dangerous place full of snakes, tigers, panthers...
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As long as the students from Edison, Jefferson, Stone and Taylor Elementary Schools followed the Law of the Jungle, everything turned out alright.
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Congratulations on an outstanding performance!
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"Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky…
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack."
- Rudyard Kipling
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The most valuable lesson a student should learn in school is how to participate and work in a group. This skill will serve them well the rest of their lives. In a theatrical performance, each line is important and together each individual creates something greater.
Periodically, parents come up to me and ask how we are able to fund these fine arts events throughout the year. My answer is the Fine Arts Education Act of New Mexico. Although we rely on the generosity of many community partners, the lion’s share of the funding for elementary arts events comes from this statute commonly known as the Fine Arts Education Act. This educational funding was created by a group of parents in New Mexico who began by wanting art supplies for their students. This group of parents went out and raised $100,000.00 worth of art supplies for the classroom. Later, they went to the state legislature and turned that investment into $26 million a year. This is what the students of New Mexico have benefited from for the past few years. It began as a decision by parents to stop being passive observers, work together and become active in the role of their student’s education. These courageous parents followed the law of the jungle according to Rudyard Kipling.
When students participate in a play they are recipients of those parents due diligence yet they are also following in their footsteps. In a society that revolves mostly around passive observance it is an important choice for a student to match their individual strength with the community’s strength. Hobbs Municipal Schools can be a model for the 21st Century for how a school district can provide opportunities for students to act on a large stage and practice becoming apart of something larger than themselves.
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If you have any questions about the Elementary Fine Arts Program you can e-mail ledgerwoodt@hobbsschools.net. Thank you for your interest in the arts.
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Tyson Ledgerwood
Elementary Fine Arts Coordinator
Hobbs Municipal Schools
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Students from Broadmoor, Sanger Will Rogers and College Lane threw some emotion and body language into their auditions for The Secret Garden on Monday. They'll perform the play at 3 p.m. Saturday in Tydings. Click on the picture for highlights.
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| The Will Rogers 5th Grade Classes learned the different kinds of stage make-up like "Character", "Corrective" and "Special Effects" on Friday. The Missoula Children's Theatre directors made-up some pretty dramatic creations on student volunteers to use as examples and hilarity ensued.
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Missoula Children's Theatre
Performance!
3:00 pm
Saturday, October 8th
@ Tydings Auditorium
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Students from Broadmoor, Sanger Will Rogers and College Lane threw some emotion and body language into their auditions for The Secret Garden on Monday. They'll perform the play at 3 p.m. Saturday in Tydings. Click on the picture for highlights.
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| The Will Rogers 5th Grade Classes learned the different kinds of stage make-up like "Character", "Corrective" and "Special Effects" on Friday. The Missoula Children's Theatre directors made-up some pretty dramatic creations on student volunteers to use as examples and hilarity ensued.
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Missoula Children's Theatre
Performance!
3:00 pm
Saturday, October 8th
@ Tydings Auditorium
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View the Slideshow of the Performance
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Once upon a time...
there was a King and Queen who had a child
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She fell asleep and had a Rock n' Roll dream with a talking dog, and lots of butterflies...
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until 500 years later when "The King" blew her a kiss and Sleeping Beauty woke up.
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And everyone lived happily ever after!
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The students at Booker T. Washington, Coronado, Mills and Southern Heights Elementary Schools worked hard all week. They memorized songs, lines and cues and performed it with excellence in front of their parents, teachers, principals and fans on Saturday, October 23rd at Tydings Auditorium.
View the Pictures from the 1st Half of the Show
View the Pictures from the 2nd Half of the Show
It was a Rock n' Roll Fairy Tale end to another successful Missoula Children's Theatre season at Hobbs Municipal Schools.
The End!
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that grew up with her palace workers
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
I declare today a Rock n' Roll Fairy Tale!
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I Declare Today Kangaroo Day!
Booker T. Washington, Coronado, Mills, and Southern Heights Elementary students got downright theatrical when Missoula Children's Theater held its auditions for Sleeping Beauty on Monday. The play will be performed at 3 p.m. Saturday in Tydings Auditorium.
Watch the Video of the Audition
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View the Slideshow of the Performance
There once was a princess...
Who met a frog formally known as prince...
who lived in a bog...
She had her knights take her on a journey...
...and found her prince to the soundtrack of "Because He's a Frog"!
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It was all in a day's work for the students at Broadmoor, College Lane, Sanger and Will Rogers Elementary students who put on the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "The Frog Prince" at Tydings Auditorium on Saturday, October 9th in front of a crowd of over 200 parents, teachers and fans.
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View Pictures of the Dress Rehearsal
View Pictures of the Performance
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Ribbit!
Broadmoor, College Lane, Sanger, and Will Rogers Elementary students threw themselves into auditions for the Frog Prince on Monday. The play will be performed at Tydings at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Watch the Video of the Audition
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Welcome to Treasure Island
It's a Pirate's Thing to Do!
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Pirates Ahoy!
Watch Edison, Jefferson, Stone and Taylor Elementary School Students audition for "Treasure Island" on Monday!
Watch the Video of the Audition
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Arrrr Matee!!!!!
Take a look at Jefferson's Pirate Party!
View Pictures of the Pirate Party
Jefferson Elementary students got ready to audition for Treasure Island on Monday.
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2009-2010 Missoula Children's Theatre Season Highlights
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Our “Pinocchio” lost her donkey ears and cracked up our director “Mrs. Geppetto” in this year’s Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Pinocchio. This play was put on by Booker T. Washington, Coronado, Mills and Southern Heights Elementary Schools.
Watch the Video
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Natalie Faulkenberry got animated for her audition and, as a result, got one of the lead parts in the Princess and the Pea, scheduled for performances at 3 and 5:30 p.m. Sept. 12.
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Natalie Faulkenberry and Darby Cavanaugh won the title parts in the Sept. 12 elementary school production of the Princess and the Pea.
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Carter Johnson waits his turn to audition for King Arthur's Quest on Sept. 28.
Watch the Video
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Emma Richardson, a Broadmoor sixth grader, strikes a pose in the lead role of King Arthur's Quest on Oct. 3.
Watch the Video
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Auditioning for a part in Pinocchio was a nail-biting affair for this Hobbs elementary school student on Oct. 19.
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Three clown puppets are controlled by the evil Stromboli in the Oct. 24th Missoula Theater production of Pinocchio.
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