Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Performing!

For the last two years, Kennedy has been in this program called Up With Kids, which is a musical theater training program.  At the end of each season, the kids put on a final production for all to see.  Kennedy, being the little performer she is, absolutely loves doing this.

This year they did a rendition of Rapunzel.

Here are the pictures. (The quality sucks because I was in a hurry and forgot my real camera. Deal with it.)

Before going on stage!
I think I might have to invest in some braces/headgear and some really thick glasses to ugly her up a little bit...

Scene 1: First she was a princess. They all look so excited, don't they?

Scene 3-ish?: Then these princesses read stories about other princesses and sang a song about it.

Scene 5: Oh look! Now they're menacing vikings.

"Hm... I wonder how this dress would look if I took it in a little bit in the back..."

This is where she had her speaking part. I took a short video of it. She did great! She's a natural :)


Scene 8: And we're back to being a princess.

Finally, the finale (which is so appropriately named).
It may look like she's showing you an offensive finger, but she's actually doing sign language. Don't worry.

Great job, Kennedy! I'm so proud of you!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

My little artist

One of Kennedy's most favorite things to do is to draw.  She is constantly amusing me with some of the things she creates with her pen and paper.

Here is the latest.

My favorite is Mr. Krabs.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Something to make your ears happy.

So there's this guy. His name is Ryan. He's one of my good friends. He is also a musician. A very talented musician. A soon-to-be famous musician. Why is he soon-to-be famous? Because he is awesome. That is why.

His music is refreshing, catchy, raw, familiar, and new. His voice has always been one of my favorites (and I don't give out vocal compliments lightly). He was with a band for quite a few years, and has recently begun doing some solo stuff. Which is definitely worth listening to.

Here is his website:

http://www.ryandarton.com/

And here is one of my most favorite songs that he sings:



You should check out the rest of his music, buy his CD (pre-order it), and then go see him in concert if you ever make it to California (or see him when he comes here to perform). And then you can say you heard Ryan Darton before the rest of the world becomes obsessed with him.

Because they will.