Caroline's (semi-) Professional Debut

Yesterday I went to Caroline’s school to be a chaperone for her class trip to a local theater so they could see a stage performance of Alice in Winterland by Bits and Pieces Puppetry Company. We arrived at the theater in good time and our seats were upgraded to the front and center of the theater. One of the puppeteers came out and asked Caroline’s teacher if she could pick four students to help them out on stage with part of the show. Of course every hand went up. Her teacher looked careful around and started calling out names. The fourth named called was Caroline.

The four chosen children were taken backstage before the show and given their tasks. Caroline was given the “lead” since she was the tallest of the group. They came on as books and marched in with Alice as a book to a little tune. Caroline was the “A” in Alice which the lead of the spelling of the word. She did very well and hit all her marks on time. She made her Mama proud. I don’t have any pictures but I don’t take pictures of professional productions as a courtesy to the company. But I have it in my head. The show was fun. The puppets were mostly oversized pageant puppets. The class enjoyed it although some of the original Carol dialogue went right over their heads. I enjoyed watched them watch it. My group behaved very well and we got back on the bus and back to the school in one piece.

I am grateful that I got to see Caroline’s first foray on the professional stage. I have a feeling it will be the first of many.