It’s that time of year again … the end of co-op and the final production from the drama class. All year long they have practiced, rehearsed, laughed, and worked to produce their play. The drama teacher does an amazing job with the students, actually pulling out of them a truly professional performance. She has discovered this wonderful publishing company, Pioneer Drama Service, that has an extensive collection of scripts – plays, musicals, one-act pieces, and so on. The last two years’ plays have been absolutely hysterical! I can’t wait to see what they have for us this year. I purposely resist reading the script so I can enjoy the final performance.
Rachel is gathering props for play practice. Nice hat, girl!
The three older children are all in the drama class, and therefore, the play this year. The chosen title is a melodrama, How the West was Dun…or left High and Dry in low Humidity Chasm.
Rachel stars as the Schizophrenic Kid (changing back and forth from white to black hat). Joshua is Rich Coldheart, bank owner and all around evil guy. Daniel is the Lone Stranger. I can’t wait to see them knock our socks off.
The kids have had double practices this week and last. I’ve been very grateful for Holly and her husband, who have shared the driving with me. We’ve taken turns with pick ups and drop offs. Thanks guys!
The arrival of the play signals the end of co-op for the year. The kids will be sad but all the mothers/teachers are breathing a sigh of relief. It’s difficult to maintain your own homeschool AND teach classes at a co-op.
Stay tuned to hear all about the play this weekend!
Kathy
I sure do know the feeling of doing a co-op and homeschooling. Fortunately, our co-op IS what we would be doing at home and is a great enhancement to our homeschool so it’s not TOO bad (LOL)… but I can certainly tell that we are all tiring… spring is here and we’re ready to be DONE! But, that would happen to our family with or without a co-op. At least the co-op keeps us going strong until the end!
The play sounds like SO MUCH FUN! Have you ever tried an MCT play? Missoula Children’s Theater incase you want to google it. They come in with 2 professional actors, costumes, set, etc. It’s a LOT of fun. We do them 2x a year!
This play sounds so cute and funny. Some of my children plan to be in our co-op’s play next year. Looking forward to it.
I love the title of the play. Take lots of pictures so we can see the kids in action.
We’ve tried a co-op a couple of times and it just hasn’t been a good fit. I’m a bit envious of you and Cynthia who seem to have wonderful co-ops.
Break a leg, kids!
The play was so much fun!! We were not ready because this semester we had much shorter classes and not as many practices. But it was great fun, I made lots of good friends and got to know our drama teacher, wich I am so thankful for. THANKS MRS G
You were GREAT Rachel! You were very believable and funny, thanks for the laughs. All of your practice was worth it!
What fun!!! How wonderful to be blessed with such a creative and dedicated teacher too! I can’t wait to hear about it and see loads of pictures too.
The play sounds wonderful.
Cynthia – I need to look into the Missoula Children’s Theater. I’ve heard you talk about them before. I don’t exactly understand what it is all about. Is it very expensive? My aunt and uncle live in Missoula. My aunt is very involved in the community and has even been in some theater productions. She is a talented seamstress and often sews for people. Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check it out.
Jodi – oh, I hope it works out for your kids to be in the co-op play! I think the drama class is so good for the children. It teaches them so many valuable things and gives them a really unique experience. I love the way co-ops provide those group type opportunities for homeschooling kids (choir, drill team, debate, drama, etc).
Debbie – I’m sorry the co-ops haven’t been a good fit for your family. There are several (at least 3 or 4) in our area which is amazing!! Ours is very small. We joined when they were still quite new. There was some major staff/board upheval and we lost several families in the shuffle. We’re also near a military base so people move regularly. Our co-op is designed a little different from some of the others and the teachers aren’t paid. You get a discount on your registration fee but, in order to keep overall costs down (and therefore make it more affordable for large families) there isn’t a teacher’s fee. Interesting.
Last year the co-op changed teacher coordinators and in the process didn’t have the next year’s classes scheduled. The entire summer went on with classes only coming together at the very last minute (like August or maybe September). A lot of people who were interested in the co-op, obviously weren’t very excited about a co-op with NO classes. Ha! The co-op did come together and we had a great first semester and an even better second semester. This year the board has “learned it’s mistake” and has next year all planned out. I would imagine we will have lots of new families join us. We’ll see. My husband is going to teach a computer programming class so I’m excited to have him a part of our co-op day.
Long comment! Practically another blog.