Our church's Christmas production this year was entitled, "No Man's Land," and Charlie had a small part in it. He was in the children's choir flashback sequence of a church service in England. The kids wore white choir robes with red skirts, red T-shirts and red dickies underneath. They really looked like an angelic children's choir! They walked down the isle carrying battery operated candles and sang a beautiful arrangement of carols. The church does 18 shows over 2 weeks and Charlie did all but 1.
Yes, all but 1. He had a coughing episode after the lunch on the 2nd Saturday and refused to do the 1:30 show. He did take a little nap, and after much coaxing and a phone call to me (he refused to talk to me), he did the 4:30 and 7:30 shows. He was happy as a clam when I picked him up Saturday evening and he slept well then was very excited about the last 2 shows on Sunday. The other kids and I were able to sit in on the last one and during the chapel scene, Charlie's candle went out. After the song was over, I saw Charlie look down at the candle, shake it a little, and then walk off swinging both arms. It was so cute -- I guess he figured since the candle didn't work, he didn't have to carry it in both hands chest level like the other kids were doing.
It's a grueling schedule but Charlie really did enjoy it. He's been singing around the house (opera style -- much of the show sounded like an operetta) and says he is looking forward to the next show. Last night, he tried out some other "voices" -- really cute -- guess maybe he's a performer at heart after all!
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