Saturday, June 19, 2004
Space camp is over!!! :( The kids gave a little performance on the last day (yesterday). The video camera somehow UNCHARGED itself rather than charging (?!@?!) when I plugged it in, so I didn't get it on camera. Benny had a very good time in the performance, although he was a bit... outside the programme. The class consisted of (what looked like to me) a quiet, perfect, well behaved gaggle of little six-year-old girls and then two little four-year-old boys, Benny and Sawyer. Benny and Sawyer were both improvising quite a lot while the girls regurgitated the absolute perfect answer in the absolute perfect tone, remembering all the words and singing in perfect unison.
Let me give you one example of how things were. During one part of the show, the lights were turned down low and a bubble machine was running while "Moonlight Sonata" played on the stereo. The kids were supposed to be doing an astronaut dance, demonstrating low gravity on the moon -- just like the bubbles. All of the girls were leaping around in slow motion in a very astronauty way, solemnly floating around with the bubbles. What was Benny doing? Well, at one point I was laughing so hard I was wetting myself, and by way of explanation I leaned over to the parent on my left and said, "My child is the one that's ululating and eating the bubbles." And that's how that particular performance went. Spectacularly. I wish I'd had my video camera, OH HOW I WISH IT. I did take pictures, though, and a couple of video clips. So, I have to post pictures from Benny and Gabe at the playground, beach, and boat. Also pictures of the violin recital. Also pictures of space camp. Plenty for me to do! But I am off to watch Star Wars!
Let me give you one example of how things were. During one part of the show, the lights were turned down low and a bubble machine was running while "Moonlight Sonata" played on the stereo. The kids were supposed to be doing an astronaut dance, demonstrating low gravity on the moon -- just like the bubbles. All of the girls were leaping around in slow motion in a very astronauty way, solemnly floating around with the bubbles. What was Benny doing? Well, at one point I was laughing so hard I was wetting myself, and by way of explanation I leaned over to the parent on my left and said, "My child is the one that's ululating and eating the bubbles." And that's how that particular performance went. Spectacularly. I wish I'd had my video camera, OH HOW I WISH IT. I did take pictures, though, and a couple of video clips. So, I have to post pictures from Benny and Gabe at the playground, beach, and boat. Also pictures of the violin recital. Also pictures of space camp. Plenty for me to do! But I am off to watch Star Wars!
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