Some of you reading this know how small as a school Front Range is. Depending on the moment in time, there are around 450ish students......Kindergarten through Seniors in High School! So we knew when we decided to do this massive musical, that we would be pulling in a large (like 25%) percentage of the students, just in actors and crew.
Ah, but doesn't the Wizard of Oz have, like music? We can't just throw on a CD and have the characters sing along. So naturally, being the unbelievable over-achievers, it was decided that we'd perform the show with a live orchestra made up of volunteers, young and old. So we began to recruit from our already stretched thin student body and beyond. Leading this herculean effort of recruitment is Mrs. Julee Bate, a parent at FRCS and a beautiful example of the parent selling out, going way beyond their personal comfort zone, to make this happen for everyone. About the only technique Julee hasn't tried to recruit musicians is to don a sandwich board and walk up and down the streets! She has lined up the services of Mrs. Brenda Anderson to conduct this orchestra, which is a great blessing.
And they're rehearsing...right now as I'm writing this!
And if you, or you know someone who would like an opportunity to serve in this effort, and have a lot of fun doing it, please contact Julee or anyone involved.....this is truly the place where "the more, the merrier" applies.
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