Early part of the month


November started as a holiday-filled month but ended in a hectic rush as the month rolled in. 
It was the English month and since P was a member of the Lit Guild, he had the chance to
join the activities for the club members.


He was part of the choral reading and some other little activities that they had during the month.
He took part in the club's various quiz bees as watcher, emcee, and goodness knows what else. It was the choral reading that really took a lot of time for practice as this involves a number of students. He missed some of the first practice sessions but manage to really get into it after a while. TM tried to let the kid practice reading by himself before but he wasn't interested. It seems more fun to practice reading together with other mates. I found him enjoying the rehearsals, specially the dress rehearsal where they got to wear costumes.


Tricky part for Teacher Mom is preparing the costume as I had not really been such a big fan of costume design. Sewing is not my thing and putting a costume together would necessarily involve that somehow or another. Unlike most kids who had theirs specially done in a dress shop, ours was simply put together of what is available (a long-sleeved white shirt bought on a sale, and a pair of pants which he already has) with the addition of a few cardboards, foil papers, glues and velcros. 


After weeks of figuring out how to go about it with less sewing or almost none at all, we finally completed it. Dress rehearsal came and the level of "casualty" has been passed. Since we tried on doing less sewing, our final output would have a good deal of foil paper which is more prone to tearing. And that was just what happened! Well, for the most part, it held well except for the all paper thing part, the sash. 


Watching my son watch his fellow clubmates with great interest and he, himself, proudly parading around in our "product" makes up for the stress in creating the costume since I am not really much into costume-making. Ours may have suffered a few glitches during the run but the kid did feel proud of his costume. It's in the epaulette. HAha!!


We'll just see how it can stand the real test on the D Day! (We may have to make some improvements though.) 


Performance Day


The place was a bit far but we all managed to bring the kids. It was all filled with flurry of activity as almost everyone from the club and their parents are busy for the performance. Almost every class has something prepared. 


P was able to perform, albeit a little off from the rehearsals. I just have to thank the club's adviser for giving him a good part. He sure needs a lot more exposure to get used to performing for a crowd. Minor changes didn't really freak him out but it did threw him off a bit. Oh! The part of being a stage Mom that I will have to avoid, literally. ^^,