{"id":1440,"date":"2007-12-12T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2007-12-12T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T19:08:00","slug":"a-great-day-for-musical-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"A great day for musical theater"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Tomorrow night, Emily’s school will be doing The Music Man. I assume they’ll just be doing selections from it, since I doubt they have a pint-sized Robert Preston<\/a> ready to sing “The Sadder but Wiser Girl.”<\/a> They will, however, be doing Iowa Stubborn<\/a>, 76 Trombones<\/a>, the Wells Fargo Wagon<\/a>, and Pick a Little Talk a Little.<\/a><\/p>\n

Apparently they’ve got the stage dressed as River City, complete with a Wells Fargo wagon and horse, “a big orange ball” for some reason, and hats for the kids.<\/p>\n

Emily will have two solos – well, duets, since they pair the kids up for the solos. In Wells Fargo Wagon, she’ll be singing, “And once I got some grapefruit from Tampa” and also “Oho the Wells Fargo Wagon keeps a-coming!”<\/p>\n

I spoke with her music teacher, who says that in rehearsal, the kids are really more shouting than singing. For those not lucky enough to enjoy this gem in person, I point you to two things:<\/p>\n

First, this list of terms used in the Music Man with which you may be unfamiliar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Second, this audio rendition of David Sedaris reading “Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol”<\/a> in which he takes on the persona of a drama critic skewering a local elementary school production of A Christmas Carol. Heh.<\/p>\n

As for me, I’ll be running the video camera. First karaoke, now Broadway musicals, tomorrow, Hollywood!
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