Peter and the Wolf

On Wednesday, a group of students from the North Carolina School of the Arts came to our school and did a performance of Peter and the Wolf. The students danced ballet and were very talented. In this play, each character is represented by a different instrument. For example, the bird was a flute, and the cat was a clarinet. Peter was represented by a violin. Some of these students were as young as 8th grade.

One thing I thought was really neat was how each dance introduced his or her character. The narrator would tell which instrument represented them, and then they would dance a few steps. But what I thought was special was when the boy who played the wolf came out onstage. He started dancing at first without his mask. Then he stopped in the middle of the stage and made a big production of putting on the wolf mask, and then looking up at the students. I don't know if this was really part of the show, or something he did on his own. Either way, I thought it was a neat way to show all the young students that he wasn't scary!

I thought these young people did a wonderful job and the performance was absolutely magical! I can't remember the last time we had an assembly where all 523 students were totally entertained!!