Heavy rain today. Good news for Sydney and surrounding areas.
Today we had tickets to see the School of Rock musical at the Capitol Theatre. The theater was originally built in the 20s and was renovated in the 90s. Beautiful interior restored to its original glory.
We decided to see the 1:00 pm show. We expected to see a lot of kids in attendance and weren’t disappointed. The musical follows the movie of the same name. A substitute music teacher forms a band with his students and enters a battle of the band competition. All of the kids in the musical played the instruments that were in their hands. Ages of performers appeared to be about 10 or 11 years old. Andrew Lloyd Weber did not disappoint with the music. Great music and funny story line.
“Stick it to the Man”
You may be surprised that kids of such a young age can do all of this. I am not. With a good home setting, supportive parents, and an education free of politics, there is no limit of what students can achieve. Unfortunately, high end students like these are usually ignored while we spend all of our time on those who don’t want to do anything. I bet besides being great musicians and dancers, those in this production are also at the top of their class academically.…