If
you noticed Kadyn missing from many of our July pictures, it's for a
very good reason. This is Kadyn's second summer participating in a five
week professional training program for student actors called Youth
Repertory at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. You audition in
April, and if you make it, come July you experience five weeks of a 9 to
5 rigorous class schedule that combines master classes with structured
rehearsal time and ends with a weekend of performances. Morning classes
included scenic design, directing, tap, fight choreography, and musical
theatre history. Afternoons were then spent rehearsing the musical.
Let's just say this program is not for the faint of heart! Haley got
lucky with this particular musical since they needed a small child to
fill one of the roles and she was offered the opportunity. Both girls
had the time of their lives with this show. Our family, along with the
filled houses each night, laughed our heads off. It was one of the
funniest musicals we've seen. These youth did an AMAZING job! Along with
being talented, they are kind, friendly, and welcoming. My mama heart
loves them for the love they've shown our girls!
Photo credit: Jeff Kearney
