Canton took the the JHS stage for the first time last night in Trip to the Moon. He has been involved with the fall competition play “Donut Dollies” which will compete in the state championship in Charlottesville tomorrow!

Trip to the Moon is a series of vignettes centered around the moon landing. Canton plays Jack, the charismatic and annoying little brother of a family in one scene, and in another, he plays Brett, a well to do young man trying to cope in Vietnam.

Last night after the show, he was presented with three roses and notes from Rhonda, Beth, and Poppy and Grandma. This was such a nice gesture of love and support! Much appreciated! Canton has two more shows and then auditions for the musical next week!

After two years of Canton and Mike performing in Christmas Carol at WP it is time for Adleigh to hit the stage! We are so proud of her for expressing an interest and putting in all the time to learn the songs and blocking. Tonight is their first of 12 performances! It couldn’t happen without Mike who has given hours to build the set, courage to take on his own role, and his guidance and love to share it with Adleigh. We are truly blessed!

Canton rocks it with Corner of the Sky! Weeks of hard work and practice paid off. We are so proud of him!

For the past three weeks Canton has been involved in the Stagelights production of Finding Nemo.

It certainly was not as fun as his role as Julien in Madagascar, but he was the crowd favorite as Crush the sea turtle. He also was the leader of a group of first time performers as a flock a seagulls, who got the most laughs throughout the show. We are always so proud of the dedication Canton puts into his performances!

Liberty and Adleigh made their acting debut in Folk Tales today! It was a cute show of six different stories modeled after some fables. The girls were scattered throughout the show in ensemble roles and they were the big stars in “Why Dogs Chase Other Animals”. Adleigh was Lion and Liberty was Turtle. We are so proud of how hard they worked and for being so brave to do a show in front of so many people! Brava girls!

Canton has been working hard since January on his school performance of “Raise Your Voice”.

He was disappointed not to get a full musical his last year but he certainly brought the house down with his performances of “Agony”, “Rockin the Boat”, and Beautiful City. It was an experience, frustrating, annoying, exhausting, joyful, and exciting, all at the same time. He is looking forward to high school where he can hopefully experience growth as a performer. I’m so proud of how he persevered through this experience and made all his castmates better.

On to the next show—Finding Nemo in July! Great job Canton!

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Canton and Mike have been working hard since September to produce 14 shows over three weeks of Matilda. Canton is the lead boy, Bruce, and Mike fills several roles as the escapologist and ensemble.

Due to licensing I can’t put any video but here’s a snapshot (Canton has stuffing in his shirt at the Bruce character is a big kid) So insanely proud!

Canton stole the show as King Julien! He made great friends along the way and greatly enjoyed his time learning from Marsh and all the other talented directors. We are so thankful for this talented and welcoming community!