The evening starts with the pre-school program where each class has a song to sing while the kindergarten class stages the nativity scene. Kamele's 3 year old class had to wear dark clothing and as many bells as possible. She is so picky about the clothes and shoes that stay on her body, so I was worried she wouldn't leave this on, but she did great.
Once her class paraded onto stage, she spotted my mom first, and thus began a session of feverish waves to our row in the audience.
This picture came out so blurry but her excitement was cute and funny. Her teachers must have instructed them to wave to their families, and she must have liked the sound the bell attached to her sleeve made, because her enthusiastic waving went on forever. The people in the row in front of us, and behind us (who all knew she belonged to us) began laughing too as she carried on and on and on. To think, I thought she might come running right off the stage once she saw us in the audience. Much to my surprise, she enjoyed her moment in the spotlight.
And then came the singing. Ooooh Ooooh Oooooh.....
Yes, she has her hands down the back of her skirt in this pic, silly!
Getting carried away with her oooooohs.
Little Bells Duckie!
Alyssa getting her microphone in place for their show. Having a lapel mike in the show, is a huge highlight of performing for her. She'll talk about it for weeks ahead of time, telling anyone who asks her about the upcoming performance that SHE gets a LAPEL mike!!! Because of course, they don't want to hear what the show is about or anything like that, they just want to be sure she'll be using a microphone!
Laughing at something that happened during the rehearsal right before the show.
Pre-show smiles.
Little Em too. This is her first Kid's Choir performance.
Emma and her friend, Natalie.
The stage is set...for The Best Christmas Present Ever!
Alyssa and her friend, Annalese. These two are a lot of fun to watch together. They have quite a bit of experience performing together, and they always play off each others roles very well.
Ka'iulani loves being on stage. Her character in this play is named Mia. The script described her as a "sweet young girl." I like her expression in this photo as Annalese is speaking.
Interacting with anchor-man, Rod Stark. She had so much fun preparing for this character. And the man playing Rod Stark is an actual tv news reporter here, so the kids were so excited to perform with a real "local celebrity."
Walk...Walk...Walk...Walking in the Light!
I can see the words of her line on her lips here: "Wait..Wait! Wait! We need to pray!"
Leading the group in prayer. Look at the boy on her left, he's great at staying "in character" for the whole musical. I really like his expression of concentration on her prayer in this photo.
Singing her solo. I'll try to post video clips of the show later, because I know she'd want me to share. I probably won't have them until at least the first part of January. All her hard work and preparation paid off, she was such a good "little Mia"!
It was fun to see Emma in the choir for the first time. I don't think performing in front of a large crowd is her natural bent, the way it is for Alyssa. It's very natural and comfortable for Alyssa, I think she would do it all day long, everyday if she could, and I just don't think Emma feels quite the same way about it. The amazing thing to me is that because of the awesome example Alyssa has always set for her, it has really encouraged Emma to try something that on her own, she might not have had that much interest in. And not only that ~ she did great, really becoming more comfortable with performing, and as you can see from all these pics she had a blast!!
Emma's turn to Walk in the Light.
Singing her solo, "Happy Birthday, Jesus." She sounded sweet.
Singing up towards the front of the stage, waiting for the last line of her solo. I think she had the longest solo of the show. I hadn't been so nervous since my own gymnastics meets a long time ago. It was a lot for a little one to remember, but she did it!
It was a really cute and sometimes very funny performance. An awesome message from the kids about making room in your heart for Jesus, and making meaningful connections with the people God has placed in your path so that they can know Him through you! All the kids did such a great job. Certainly a Christmas present that warmed my heart. We are so proud of you, girls!!
With Miss Wright and Anchorman Rod Stark. It was really nice of Tom and his wife Jennifer to share in the children's ministry, it was fun for the kids, and they did great too!
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Wow, it looks like you have 3 very talented girls!! I loved all the pictures. From the pictures, It looks like you go to a fairly large church! And their children's programs seem phenomenal!!
It is a pretty large church, and yes, they pour a lot of time, creative energy, and resources into their children's ministries. Which we are very thankful for.
The Bethelehem Marketplace was at a different church in our area.
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