This recital turned out to be one of my favorites. I was tired of having my traditional recitals so I got excited with this theme and had everyone dress up. It just felt like a big old Halloween party and I think it helped most of my students be more at ease.
For my record: Back row, L to R: Rusty Riddle as Darth Vader, Carter Riddle as a pirate, Tait Belnap as Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Carter Hancock as Hagrid, Caden Hancock as Harry Potter, McKenzie Thornton as Sandy from Grease, Taylor as Bella from Twilight, Melanie as Princess Tiana. Front row, L to R: Rachel Riddle as Cinderella, Cameron Holdaway as Happy from the 7 dwarfs, Katie Blake as Annie, Emma Lawes as Miley Cyrus, Aydia Melo as Russell from Up, Tiernan Belnap as Tizzy from American Tail, Amara Belnap as Snow White, Emery Hancock as Giselle from Enchanted, Elle Melo as Princess Leia, Kenadi Thornton as the scareccrow from Wizard of Oz. We had the Earle boys missing. Wyatt was going to be James Bond and Jaratt was going to be Indiana Jones. They were both involved in the Iron Man with their parents. Congratulations on a great race finished Janie! Also, Dawson and Ryken Featherstone arrived late so we didn't get them in the group shot. They didn't want to dress up. Everyone did very well and we had a great time!
I couldn't stop laughing at Hagrid the Giant. I don't think it was as much fun for him to be in the hot wig and beard. Good job Carter on your Double Toil and Trouble solo!
Mr. Harry Potter performing his Hedwig's Theme!
Giselle playing her Happy Working Song.
My solo was a medley of songs from the movie, The Princess and the Frog. Ella and Emery both asked me previous if they could sing to them since they know the words so well. Ofcourse I thought that was a fabulous idea. The less attention on me, the better! They both sang, I'm Almost There, and Down in New Orleans. Caden helped me in being the bad voodoo dude in the song, Friends on the Other Side. He turned quickly to the audience to sing this line. He was also my page turner. What would I do without my cute kidletts!
Here we are with the wonderful Melo family. Katie is one fantastic teacher to my kids. We just love her and I just love teaching her 2 enthusiastic girls.
Aren't they so cute!
We're all worn out and ready to return to our normal selves. Carter was dying to get out of his hair! Ha ha!
Thank you Curtis for filming it all and taking care of Evey at the same time. I know it is challenging. We missed you Lyndsi. She is usually our tech girl but had a very important occasion to be to. Her nephew got married that day and I had fun tagging along at the reception after. I didn't have time to wash out my hair so I went as is. A lot of people didn't recognize me and I was a little embarassed but it was worth being with you and your family Lyndsi. I just love you guys! Thanks for accepting me no matter what I look like!
5 comments:
What a wonderul piano teacher you are, Mel! What a fun and creative piano recital, my kids would abosolutely love that! Love all the costumes, fab job on all of them - Carter cracks me up, I am sure he was glad to get out of his hair! You look so different with your black hair, awesome that you still had it for the wedding! Wish I could have been there to see it and support you. Your musical talent is beautiful!
I love this Mel! What a fun idea for a recital! I'm so impressed with everyone's costumes! You all did a great job! And I just have to say you looked cute with your black hair! When I first saw you I just thought you had colored it, going for a new look. Until I saw the black paint on your ear. :) You looked darling!
What a fun, memorable recital you presented!! I love your creativity and ability to engage your students with such fun ideas. The costumes are great! Caden is the cutest Harry Potter I have ever seen. Carter, what a trooper keeping his awesome costume on. And little "Enchanted Emery", so sweet and beautiful. I sure missed seeing you all perform so wonderfully. What talent you have Melanie! Also, it was so great to have my new brunette bestie come and spend time with us at the reception. Thank you!!! I wish I could have been equally supportive to you that day. Congrats on another amazing piano year and what was surely a very entertaining recital! Love you lots!
so fun! i feel like i would have enjoyed my piano lessons more if we had something fun like that to look forward. and i'm even more obsessed with carter and caden's costumes, but i'm a sucker for all things harry potter.
What a great idea Mel! I would have loved to have you as a piano teacher. I am glad I finally got to see all the costumes you were talking about. You look different with your black hair! And I couldn't stop laughing at Carter. His huge upper body and then skinny legs - awesome!
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