GOD: For giving us the most amazing gift of music!
PASTOR PILATO: Thank you for always supporting us and showing us God's love.
MRS. GREY: You are such an inspiration to all of us. Many thanks for your support of our theatre program over the years! Thank you for showing us the beauy of God’s love everyday through your actions.
MR. LYNCH: Thanks for being part of our strike. So glad you were able to play the great role of Governor Teddy Roosevelt!
FACULTY AND STAFF: For your endless support of our musical and showing up to see our students perform!
MUSICAL COMMITTEE: For your willingness to go the extra mile and work hard. Mrs. Alpuche, thank you so much for being the parent lead. You will be greatly missed at SAP. I really appreciate your help.
MS. MARTINEZ: It has been an honor to work with you. Having someone else help teach the students choreography in person is so helpful. I appreciate you helping even though you have a ton on your plate.
MS. CHLOE OURADA: You are awesome and I've got your back, sista! Thank you for creating the choreography for Newsies Jr. and taking time to send out videos all the way from Northern California and working with us in person the last two weeks. I love that we grew up singing and dancing to this musical and now we are using our knowledge for a greater good (and have made progress on our dancing skills I'm sure).
MR. GREY, MR. GARCIA, AND MICAH: Thank you for helping with sound, lights, and the projector! Thank you for spending so much of your time at SAP to make sure these shows go smoothly!
AILEEN AND MICHELLE: For making this show run smoothly and always being so on top of everything. You've both had "it" from day one. I love how you understood what it takes to put on a show and kept track of all your tasks. Most of the time I only needed to say one thing and then it was already done. I appreciate you ladies and am blessed to have you as stage managers!
MRS. JEAH AVILA: For our beautiful pictures, headshots, group pictures, and all your hard work behind the camera and computer to make sure they were amazing. It is a joy to work with you!
THINH LE: For videorecording this show so we can have wonderful memories! Thank you for all your hard work!
CHRISTINA ARTEAGA: For your stunning and beautiful backdrops of Santa Fe and Pulitzer stomping on Newsies cartoons. Thanks for making Jack's dreams come alive!
ANJOLIE AND PATTIE PADILLA: For helping out whoever needed makeup at the last minute for preshows, pictures, etc. We are grateful to you!
PARENTS: For donating your time, talent, and treasures. You have all shown your love in some way and for that I am truly grateful! Whether it was donating props, set pieces, cleaning, setting up the Hall, sewing, folding endless amounts of newspaper, volunteering at rehearsal or shows, finding cast grams etc., you were there. Thank you for being part of the magic!
STUDENTS: You have made this show so special! I love coming to rehearsal with you each day. Seeing your love for the musical we are creating together brings so much joy to everyone. Newsies Jr. shows that we are stronger when we work as a team and together we can change the world. Keep sharing that light to the world and, with God, together we can all create miracles!
8TH GRADERS: Thank you for all you have done over the years in theatre arts. It has been a blessing for me to be part of your journey in life! I've had the honor to work with a lot of you since you were little kindergarteners. You've come so far and it is a blessing to see you grow. I hope that theatre has challenged you, taught you great lessons, and brought you much joy! I don't want to say goodbye, and would love to still be a part of your lives. Please stay in touch! I would love to go to your games, concerts, theatre productions etc. Please keep me in the loop! A special thanks to our graduating performers! There are so many of you and not enough space for individual notes here. Please know that each of you is so uniquly special. God has created you for greatness. Keep living your lives with God in the center and you will change the world for good. Speaking of goodness, to quote a favorite song from Wicked, "I do believe I have been changed for the better. Because I knew you, I have been changed for good." Love you all, God bless you!
