Count Von Count

Megan had her final 5th Grade performance at Central Avenue this week.  They did two shows on the theme of Sesame Street.  Megan auditioned for several parts and was cast as Count Von Count.

She had a whole scene to herself and was thrilled with her part.  She had us go out and buy her a cape and purple face paint so she could fully get into character.  Her first performance was during the day and the music teacher didn't want to bother with the face paint so some photos have them and some don't.

She really wanted to match the Count images she found online.  She took one of her white tshirts and colored the red and orange lines so she could try and match his outfit.  We did get vampire teeth but it made it really hard for her to speak so we had to skip that.  As we got her ready for her night time performance she really wanted that face paint.  We tired several different things like just purple eye shadow, a light covering, a dark covering and more.  It's a bit tricky to get face paint to look smooth and nice.  It was almost impossible to get the right coloring.  She was so excited and really wanted the full effect.

Once we got to the school some of the classmates thought she looked too purple and she paused for a bit and almost wanted to wash it off.  I didn't come prepared to remove it, silly me, so we had to just go with it.  After she got going I think she got over the comments and just got into her role.  She did a great job.

They had several very creative acts and it was really put together well.  They had this grand finale of "boom whackers"  they are percussion tubes that you whack against your hand.  They are cut and made to each make a different sound.  It was super cool and almost makes me want to go out and buy a set. 

I love that Megan is so fearless and hops into her performances and gives it all she's got.  She gets up and does her best and I couldn't be more proud of her efforts and how well she does.  It takes so much to just do your own thing and she does so well at it.

This is sadly her last big show for the year.  There will be a talent show in a few months and we are still on the fence if we want to do another performance.  Megan hasn't fully decided yet so we'll just have to see what she decides. 

Above is a small clip from one of the songs.  Unfortunately I didn't get the boom whacker song as I was so into watching it I missed getting it on video.  I did get a clip of another cute song that was also very creative.