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This year's production saw many unique challenges,

with new schedules, new teachers, rehearsals in hallways, smaller cast, and more; yet, the students rose to the challenge, remained flexible, and put forth their best effort with everything they did. I am so proud of all that they have accomplished and the determination and gumption they showed throughout the process.

Theatre Arts provides so much for the developing child and significantly impacts their academic, cognitive, social, behavioral, and motor development. I personally have seen significant improvements in their reading, speech, orientation & mobility, public speaking, social, musical, and empathic skills, along with improved team building, self-esteem, recovery, problem-solving, emotional understanding, creativity, and a host of ECC and soft skills. Enjoy the performance, of course, but relish the journey and the process that instilled so much

along the way.

Music Department Donors:

Johnson Scholarship Foundation

Ludwig Fund

Julius Fleischman Foundation

Falck Family Foundation

Foundation for the Florida Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

David Findley, for putting our spinning wheel together

Mary Bilancio, for costume alterations

Brooke Carr, for doing cast makeup

Margaret Galligan-Prater, for ironing

Jennifer Enache, Cristina Sapp, and Carl Jacobson, for set building

Ann Hollingsworth, for donating student trophies

Judith Wilkins, for script covers and poster graphic design

The Print Shop, for printing of scripts and playbills

The Braille Production Center, for braille scripts

KidzfACTory at Limelight Theatre, for their partnership

Hannah Pierce, for weekly drama workshops

Juan Garcia, Charlotte McCleary, Alexis Ray, Keegan Abner, and

Keeron Perrin, for assistance with set building

Student Tech Crew, for technical and lighting work

Jim Carpenter, for technical assistance

Jenifer Hiddleson, for financial accounting

Joey Woods, for countless deliveries with a smile

Michael Johnson, for photography, media relations, and recording

Tiffany Meharg and Sanni Ellison, for escorting students to rehearsals

Advancement Department, for their continuous support of this and all arts programs at FSDB

FSDB Administration, for their support of the Blind Elementary Music Theatre Program

BEMS Teachers and Staff, for their support of today's show

Dorm Staff, for rehearsing with students and ensuring their timely attendance at rehearsals

Parents, for their support of the program and their children