P and the Amazing Sparkly Egyptian Costume

Well friends, the time has come. P's acting career has commenced! And it commenced with a bang, that's for sure. Despite having songs from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat stuck in my head every single second (I did see the play four times after all...) it was a fun weekend of play-seeing. It was so interesting to see the difference from the first night to the last night. The first one everyone was kind of nervous and timid, but by the last night they looked like they were having the time of their lives up there. It was completely adorable. And while I'm not completely in love with the movie version (Donny Osmond in a glorified diaper, anyone?) the live play version was so much better. Or maybe it's just more fun when someone you know is in it. Either way, much better than the movie, and P is adorable. Period. 

I mean, is the loincloth/diaper really necessary? Can he not just wear tattered overalls like the kid in the play did?

 Her costumes ended up looking pretty good onstage. I had to create angel wings, a loin cloth thing, a headdress, a collar, a tied fleece skirt, headband, and sash, and like five million name tags that had to be hot-glued onto her individual costume pieces. It was a massive undertaking. And needless to say, I couldn't feel my fingers for the next three days after the costuming, due to hot glue burns. But hey, all's well that ends well, right? The worst was definitely the collar, we had these sequin things we had to hot glue to them, but the thing about sequins is that they have holes in the middle of them. So I have to hold them in a certain shape as they cool, trying not to wince too badly as the glue sautered my flesh. It was bad. But in the end, it looked good. The angel wings got a little tattered by the fourth show, bent coffee filters falling off everywhere (Yes, that's what they were made of - coffee filters hot glued to posterboard.) Man, it was like a Pinterest party gone wrong in the gym the day all the parents (and me) had to go and make the costumes. There were coffee filters everywhere, dads trying on wings to make sure they were the right size, people voraciously cutting fleece, play directors shouting all sorts of vague directions at everyone, and me and P in the middle of it trying not to die by hot glue gun. We're lucky we only came out with minor scarring (physically and emotionally.)

Anyway, back to the play. So we've already established P is super cute, and the rest of the kids were too. They did a great job. Between major costume and set changes, difficult songs, and many solos, they all did great. P played a Canaanite dancer-person, a large happy corn, a cowgirl-angel, a sad prison person, and a handmaiden to the Pharaoh (she got to hold his fancy cloak when he walked in! Apparently a very prestigious position.) Here she is with me in her Egypt costume:

I made that! Minus the lotus blossom decorations, Mom hot glued those on after.

And here she is with the whole cast!

You can't see her very well, but she's on the left side, just to the right of the first pillar to the left of Pharaoh's throne in a blue headdress. This is during the Elvis-inspired number where Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams about corn and cows. Notice that Joseph is not wearing a loincloth, but perfectly respectable overalls. I applaud.

Another thing, it was very entertaining to see boys in skirts. I don't know why it made me laugh the way it did. P said they all enjoyed the skirts, although they had to be taught to sit and not flash the entire audience while they did so. Things we girls all learned in Primary, am I right?

So in conclusion, kids are cute in plays. Plays are better than movies. P is awesome. The end.

-K