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As I begin my 50th year directing in Troy, I selected Disney’s DESCENDANTS (I love the music and energy of the show) because of the message. We all need to look at our “sameness” and not our differences. We need to teach our children respect and love for each other as human beings. As parents, we all want a better world for our “children”. The multi-cultural casting in this show allows these “children” in the cast and crew to live this message daily. Hopefully this performance will inspire us to find love for each other as human beings, and make the world a better place for all of us.

Thank you to Disney for making this message so joyous to perform.

Please enjoy the show,

Krista Manfredi

Descendants premiered on July 31, 2015 on Disney Channel and received immediate commercial success. Prior to its premiere, it was viewed more than one million times on the Disney Now app. On its premiere night, the film received 6.6 million viewers, becoming the most-watched broadcast on the network of 2015, and the highest-rated broadcast on the network since 2013. The film later went onto become the fifth most-watched original movie on cable television. The film's soundtrack debuted atop of the US Billboard 200, becoming the first Disney Channel original movie to do so since High School Musical 2 achieved the same feat in 2007.