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FROM MR. BECKER

Thank you to Mrs. Emily Kraftson, Principal, and Mrs. Banks Spicer, Assistant Principal, for allowing this production to happen and for ALL YOUR SUPPORT. You are Weddington!

A REALLY BIG Special Thank You to Stacey Byrnes for being there during rehearsals to help the students with everything and anything they need from a bathroom break to a bandaid and helping with costumes and props. I could not have done this without you.

ANOTHER REALLY BIG THANK YOU to Angela Gordan-Mills for saying yes to helping with auditions with a weeks notice and for staying to help with Choreography (my weakest skill) every Tuesday and some Thursday's.

Thank you to Kristina Hill for helping the Weddington Elementary students create such beautiful art work for our scenery contest AND for making our memory/selfie board.

Thank you to Justin Hoffman for giving up his gym for 2 weeks and for all the favors I ask like showing me how to project our scenery on the Lu.

Thank you to Christina Balaban for taking the students photos and Stacey Swanson for assisting.

Thank you to Mr. Swanson for helping test and set-up the sound system and donating several items to make it better.  The travel case is amazing and will be used for years to come!

Thank you to Mr. Postle who picked up stages from Weddington Middle School, stored them and brought them back for us to use.  And will be taking them back home to store.

Thank you to Mrs. Cipolletti, the Weddington Middle School Choir/Theater Teacher for lending us the stages and Wenger Flipforms and more.

Thank you to the Central Piedmont Community College Theater Department for allowing us to borrow an old radio, microphone and a 100 year old wheel chair.

Thank you to Antioch Elementary and Mr. CJ Michael for all the costumes and props.

Thank you to Mr. Caleb Dalby and the Sun Valley High School Tech Department Students, Adriana Aponte, Elise Arnold, Nathaniel Berlingieri, Sther Cardoso, Emily Croom, Alivia Fields, Zaria-Lee Forrester, Abigail Jimenez, Morgan Keziah, Elizabeth Shatalov, Clarissa Stitt, and Isaac Villegass for building our bunk beds AND for building them with safety in mind.

Thank you to Angela Gordan-Mills, the owner of Spotlight Performing Arts Academy in Mint Hill, who lent us additional props and some costumes.

Thank you to Queen's Grant Community School and Miss Schultz who lent us the wireless microphones, sound board and speakers so the students can be heard!

Thank you to anyone and everyone I missed who also helped with this producation.

A special Thank you to the CAST who worked very hard to put on this show.

A final thank you to my wife, Jamie, and son, Max, who listens to me talk about Annie KIDS all the time. Thank you for your support through all my producations and teachings. You are my rock!!!!