Mukilteo Musings

Children and Performance in Seattle

We found out yesterday that my daughter's high school musical, Les Miserables, was nominated by the 5th Avenue Theater Awards for Best Musical. They also received 9 other nominations including Best Actress, Orchestra, and Music Direction. This is HUGE!! What this means to me as a parent is that I will get to see my daughter perform on the 5th Avenue Theater stage on June 8 at the Second Annual Awards ceremony. Her role was as a French whore along with 6 others, but hey, I'm still proud.

We attended last year because her high school received a couple of nominations but not Best Musical. The event was splendid and great fun to see Seattle area high schools perform bits and pieces of their musicals. The 5th Avenue Theater (Seattle's premier performance theater) for the first time last year decided to sponsor a Tony/Oscar-like Awards show for area high schools. The kids attended in formal attire; annoying John Curley from King5's Evening Magazine was the enjoyable Master of Ceremonies; and the winners had the opportunity to thank their first grade teachers for casting them as tomatoes. We had so much fun and now this year, my daughter will be on that stage!!!!