St. Elizabeth School
Just came back from an awesome day at St. Elizabeth School. The kids were fantastic listeners. I had a blast telling all my stories. I even tried a couple of new things. I had never read the True Story manuscript before, but it looks like it works. Next time, I might try reading the manuscript before I tell the origin of the book and see what works and what doesn't. The book is definitely working for younger kids, and the illustrations are great. Although, some of the older boys thought the cats look too "girly." Not sure if I can do anything about that, but I'll pass on the note to the illustrator.
One of my favourite moments of the visit had to be the session with the kindergarten and grade one students. We acted out a story with Buddy and Max, and the kids were hilarious. I was so impressed with the actors and really happy that the kids could play along with the sound effects.
Hope the students enjoyed the presentations. Now, I have to prepare for tomorrow's visit to Parkview, and I have to get ready for the media call for The Forbidden Phoenix. Sometimes, I don't even think the play is opening because I'm so disconnected from it.
The only news I had was that the tech rehearsal was tense... not enough time to do everything we want... just your run-of-the-mill tech week. The bad news was that some guy tried to jump one of our actors on the street. This was downtown at 6:30 on a Saturday evening. I'm embarrassed to call Edmonton my home right now, considering that actors have been stabbed and jumped in the downtown core. Something has to be done to clean up this city.