"Aladdin, Jr."

From Aladdin Jr.

I went to an elementary school musical. It is an annual event, and a family friend is one of the co-directors. (She is a teacher at the school.) Auntie Nancy organized a whole group to go.

The musical was "Aladdin, Jr." It was basically an abridged version of Disney's Aladdin; many of the same songs were in it. I really enjoyed it. The cast was entirely 5th and 6th graders, and the 3rd and 4th graders helped make all the props and sets!

The last elementary school musical that I remember is when I was in 5th or 6th grade. Our teacher, Ms. McCoy, directed an elaborate musical about world music. I was not in the musical, but I remember four guys got to be The Beatles, and one girl did a memorable job of screaming and pretending to faint.

My sister was in a musical when she was in 4th grade. (Or was I in 4th and she in 6th?) She was a jungle explorer captured by cannibals. My mom and dad had to help put together the appropriate explorer costume, of course.

The picture shown is from the flying carpet scene in Aladdin in which Prince Ali and Princess Jasmine sing "A Whole New World." They are sitting on a cart that Uncle Paul made. The two kids in black "magically" move the cart around the stage, and of course to Ali and Jasmine they are invisible. A girl behind them represents the actual magic carpet and provided a nice background. It was kind of a classy implementation.