Lion King

Rising Stars Vocal Group 

After 10 weeks of rehearsals the girls performed in two shows on March 18. The first performance included songs from popular Disney movies. Sophia had a few solos and stood in front of the group a few times. Then they both starred in an adapted version of the musical Lion King. Sophia was Scar (the antagonist) and got top billing in the cast list printed in the program. Way to go, Sophia!  Lilly was Sarafina, mother of Nala. 

Both girls worked so hard to memorize their lines and both had great performances. Poor Lilly -  one of her scenes was completely skipped over and she didn't even know it. She came out on stage for the second time thinking that she would act out her second scene lines, but the rest of the cast were acting  Lilly's third scene. Like she should have...she started saying her second scene lines and was corrected by the director, Ms. Samara. Ms. Samara was hidden behind an accordion-style folding wall reminding each and every single member of the cast of their lines. Honestly, I think Sophia was the only exception.  

Thanks for the manes, Nana!

Surprise! Surprise! Grancy arrived just in time for the shows and surprised the girls! Lilly just beamed throughout the entire Rising Stars vocal performance. Just wait until you see the video.

After the shows we went to Red Robin for dinner. Grancy spent the night with us and had a little bit of time to talk to Sophia before she went to school.  Lilly was lucky enough to have the day off because of a teacher work day so she got to spend some "alone" time with Grancy.  I don't think there has been a time when Lilly was the only grandchild around...maybe, but I don't think so. They read one of Lilly's school books together while our breakfast quiche was baking. 

Bravo, Lilly!

You killed it, Sophia!