All the world's a stage...

Earlier this month William and Oliver took to the stage in their first proper school production!  It was based on a book about a farm and each class played a different set of animals.  Toucan class were the pigs and had to do a pig jig! 

Oliver and William were both lucky enough to be selected to have a speaking part.  When the teacher asked us if we thought they would be ok doing it we were very relaxed until she informed us that it would be in the Junior School theatre with microphones and proper lighting! 

Weeks of rehearsals followed and finally the day of the performance arrived.  We dropped the boys at school and then went for a coffee to calm our nerves whilst waiting for the performance to start!

The children all filed on to the stage and took up their positions.  Then we were invited to wave to our children so they could see where we were.  Sam and I waved sedately and couldn't believe the reaction from the parents.  They were out of their seats, jumping around and probably would have climbed on the stage if the teachers hadn't been there!

The show was fantastic and William and Oliver delivered their lines perfectly - to my relief! 

They then danced the 'Pig Jig' along with the rest of their class!

We went to the first day's performance and on the second day when dropping them at school the Deputy Head and a few other member's of staff asked if I was going again.  When I said no the look on their faces and the boy's faces convinced me that I was committing some parental crime so I sat through it a second time!  It was just as good and I was glad I had gone again.