Annie Jr.

Grade School Musical!
Courtney was so excited to try out for the school's 1st ever musical.
For tryouts, she memorized an entire page of orphan's lines.
She memorized the song, and we sang it until we were all sick of it.
She walked into tryouts.
{I witnessed it, since I was the pianist}

Director: Hi, is your name is Courtney?
Courtney: {Stares at her feet}
D: You're Courtney, right?
C: {Tries to make her head and shoulders disappear into her neck}
D: Did you memorize your lines?
C: {Shakes head no}
D: Well, then did you bring your paper?
C: {Shakes head no}
You get the gist.

She was scared to death, poor thing.
She did NOT want to be in the play.
After a few days of coaxing from her teacher and classmates, she relented, and became an orphan.

Here is a video clip of her debut.

The show turned out great. The kids were so cute, the scenery was a-mazing {done by the Jr. High Art department}, and Courtney overcame her fear.

She LOVED being on stage.

Seriously, isn't she stunning? {even as a heavily makeup-ed, ratty orphan}?
Getting ready to rehearse "Its a Hard-Knock Life"
At the end, she got to change from rags to riches for the celebration & finale at the Warbucks mansion.Sweet girl, we are SO proud of you! You lit up that stage!

Besties! Courtney has so many friends--she is truly going to be sad to leave all her "BFFs."
I told her she'll have lots of pen pals.