Happily, the school is taping the production this year. This will mean that video will come late to BNS, and most likely will just be a link to the school website where they will stream the video. The downside is that it most likely won’t be HD…..
We went to tonight’s production (our 2nd viewing); tomorrow is closing night.
The first time we see Naphtali; sheep in hand. Getting ready to sing “Jacob & Sons”
And at the end of the song….Jacob (Joseph’s father in the middle there) is Kevin’s best buddy Drew. That’s Emily from quiz-post-fame as one of the narrators at the top of the stage.
The big thing I’ve noticed this year is that Kevin’s performance away from the main scenes have improved a lot; I guess I’d use the word ‘emote’; he seemed to be into the part and the reactions more than in the past.
Joseph and his coat….
and the jealous brothers; but man, that Joseph, he did act like a jerk!
So the brothers sing about “Joseph’s Dreams”….
and get ready to sell him off to the hairy Ishmaelites for a life of slavery…
Kevin’s big moment; the whistle solo at the the beginning of “One More Angel In Heaven Hoedown”. He wanted this part since he saw it in the script, he whistled the part, perfectly, just by sight reading it early in auditions, and well, it’s his.
Not sure where this kid learned to whistle like this…it certainly isn’t direct genetics; Suzanne and I whistle like rocks….
Hoedown is the first of the songs that I think I can hear Kevin’s voice in the chorus…
Act One ends on ”Go, Go, Go Joseph”; I’ll say this, Kevin’s not hard to find in this musical. Often in the front row in this big numbers dancing his little heart out.
Gotta love that outfit though!
I liked how the songs in this musical that are sung by the brothers are all sung in different styles; from the hoedown to the french-jazzy “Those Canaan Days”…..
The second song where I think I can hear Kevin at some points; especially with the really high tenor part here. To reiterate what I said last year, and I believe more than ever now, Kevin has no shot at a major singing role in next year’s musical. Never mind that he will be a senior, the leads in front of him this year (who all return next year) are awesome and there were three brothers who had large parts in the brother songs who were just amazing.
Now, if there is a large speaking and dancing role, then he might have a chance. But Kevin is very happy with just being in the musical and participating.
Groveling for Joshua’s food…and forgiveness.
And now dancing his way through the “Benjamin Calypso”
Every three or four years the high school likes to have a children’s choir in the musical; this is the year. It’s cute, it certainly raises community awareness and ticket sales.
The end. Maybe another post of posed pictures later. Not sure I’m going to get those this time or not.
