THANKS
This production would not have been possible without so many people. I will use this opportunity to thank a small portion...
1. The Blue & Silver Committee for their faith in me and the students.
2. Dr. Semmler, Marisa Vandenberg and the staff of CTK for all your support
3. The parents. (Those who fed us, drove us, those who sawed, nailed and sanded.) This is your accomplishment as well.
4. The cast and crew... there aren't enough words in the dictionary to express how proud of you we all are.
5. The Breve Officers. For having enough faith in your classmates to undertake this iconic show. You have led us well.
6. To Bethany McAlister for your dedication to this show and driving 40 miles every week to share your inspired choreography.
7. My wonderful, supportive and loving husband. He keeps the books, picks up the household chores when I'm at rehearsal and just does everything a best friend should do. I am blessed to have you beside me.
8. Above all else, to Him who created it all, watches over it all and guides us all. The prayer that never fails is on display tonight..."Thy Will Be Done."
So know we are in His hands and His hands are good!
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"I know the world is filled with troubles and injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as improtant to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it."
-Oscar Hammerstein III
Hope is the word that personifies all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. In their musicals "You Never Walk Alone", you are "A Cock-eyed Optimist", you declare "Oh What a Beautiful Morning!", and do the "Imposssible". Rodgers & Hammerstein make it ok to see the sweetness in a harsh world. Yet, they do not sugar-coat the injustices in life. "You Have to Be Taught" from South Pacific is a stinging indictment of societal racism. However, Hammerstein's undying belief that, ultimately, good people strive to do the right thing is what attracts me, as an educator, to their repertoire. R & H's musicals re-affirm the the belief that, when it is all said and done, most people are inherently good. It may seem corny in the 21st Century, but teaching my students the R & H songs may help them during the dark times of their life... Climbing every symbolic mountain and fording every proverbial stream is, to me, the most important message any young adult can hear.
You will never walk alone, so never give up finding your purpose in life.
XOXO,
Mrs Williams
