Role Announcements

     For every exciting year at Special Gifts Theatre, there comes one day that really stands out. This day passed by not too long ago. Role announcements. All of the teachers of the three classes really try to make this day really exciting and fun for everyone. Each class will have some sort of theme to it that relates the play being put on. With this year being Grease, my class had a pep rally for everyone to hear what part they would be playing. We all spent time making signs that said things like, "Go Rydell!" or "Rockin' Rydells Rock!". Everyone in the room was very anxious to find out what part they would be getting.

     Finally the time came where everyone would find out their parts. The way the class had it set up was each buddy was to enter, coming through a row of fellow classmates cheering, and break a hula hoop covered in wrapping paper with their fist, just like the football players would break though paper before the big game. My buddy was called first to the hallway.
     We went outside together and he was very anxious to find out his part. The class counted down from five and a song from the play started playing. Before I knew it he was flying down the alley, his mind set on the hula hoop. All of sudden, he bursts his head straight through the hula hoop. The whole class started laughing hysterically, as well as my buddy. It wasn't made clear to him that he was supposed to break the paper with his hand. Nonetheless, the whole class got a good laugh out of it.
     It turned out that my buddy's part was Stevie, a T-bird. After all had settled down, he could not stop smiling. That satisfaction of getting the part he wanted really meant the world to him.
     Although we tend to overlook the small things in life, that small thing may mean something much more to someone else. No one really thinks twice about things anymore, yet the next week my buddy came back and his part was all he could talk about. I knew this year was off to a good start.