Max goes to OFASS, Oakland Fine Arts Summer School. Its a low-to-no cost 19-day program in the summer for 250 local kids K-5th grade. On the second-to-last day (that would be today) the kids perform some of what they learned in their classes. The walls of the school are lined with their art work, they sing, dance, hip hop, clown, model (yes, like on a runway), perform martial arts...drum...the list goes on, in fact, so did the show. And on and on and on.
There were two shows, each supposed to be about 1+ hours, each ending up at around 3 hours. Egad. BUT then there are these kids performing their hearts out. What's better than a 8 year old waving and smiling with a goofy grin in the middle of a big number? Funny, fun, beautiful.
Max is not the most daring and outgoing kid but he gave it his all. Below on the runway:
He was very excited to be pictured in the paper (picture at the top), he was pretty proud of his new dress up clothes, and he even cracked a smile while singing in a mass of kindergarteners towards the end of a ridiculously long day. He told me later, "I really liked that song the best."
I helped out in the boys dressing room and of course they all wanted to see how good they looked on my camera...
Finally, what day would be complete without a celebratory lunch between performances (read: bribe to return for second show)?
The group photo with the hats is too cute.
ReplyDeleteI definitely need to get a cool hat for Max. Or at least suspenders.
ReplyDeleteYup, they look good! (the hats were all great!)
ReplyDeleteGood job getting Max back for the afternoon. It was pretty full this Fri am. I'm already sad it's over.