Private School vs. The Navy

This past week is going on the top 3 weeks of all-time for this job. This little private school in Gloucester, VA (WARE Academy) which had never brought in Missoula Children's Theatre before was simply amazing. The whole week was dedicated to drama and the kids who were not cast in the show were given other duties like decorating the gym, building masking, or transforming the foyer into a wonderful underwater cave. When we weren't in rehearsals, classes were playing theatre games or working on decorations. Never in my life have I seen a more all-inclusive effort by a school and never have a met a group of kids less inhibited and more open to whatever we threw at them.
Sure selling 71 t-shirts, having every meal paid for and getting to hang with them at lunch and playing football with boys and stuffing 15 1st graders on the sea-saw was great but when I say that I was not ready to leave this town, I was NOT READY to leave this town...
Now I am on my first military base, which are notorious for being extremely difficult but we shall see what the week brings...STAY TUNED!

Now you get to see how dedicated this school was!

The wonderful underwater cave that the kids bult in the Foyer

Even the Kindergarden and First graders chipped in with their 15 ft amazon mermaid and puffer fish
Monster jelly fish hung from the rafters and underwater masking was built on either sides of the stage
And for some reason they feel the need to make fun of Sherman, the sensitive Merman who loves cooking and underwater basket weaving...