Forty-eight grade 5 and 6 École Deer Meadow School drama club students will be performing Beauty and the Beast as adapted by Kathryn Schultz Miller.
The drama students have been preparing for their production since their auditions in September. The production will be hosted at the TransCanada Theatre at Olds High School on May 31 and June 1. Tickets will be sold at Ecole Deer Meadow School office for $10 each. The play begins at 7 p.m. each night, with doors opening at 6:30.
The play is being directed by Dawnna Morgan and Jennifer Rabchak who are assisted by Olds High School students Russel Rabchak and Hailey Larson, who both have experience with acting and directing.
Beauty will be performed by two actresses who will each have a public performance. They are Hannah Turnbull and Sophia Dodd. The Beast will be performed by Mannix Thorburn.
This beloved story follows Beauty as she takes the place of her father at the Beast’s castle to pay off his debt for stealing a rose. This unlikely love story involves music, dancing, mystery and comedy.
“Beauty and the Beast will illuminate you with a lesson and give you light and laughter,” says Ethan Giesbrecht (Grade 6) who plays Mr. Sparkle.
Students in Stacey Templeton’s and Dawnna Morgan’s Grade 6 classes competed in a writing contest, submitting newspaper articles for possible publication. The Grade 6 students wrote the writing section of their language arts provincial exam on Wednesday, May 9. This contest was designed as a practice to the practical section of this exam.
The winner was Ryder Hammer. As a reward, he was given the chance to have this story about the play published. Like many 11-year-old boys, Ryder enjoys sports (especially hockey and baseball) as well as hanging with his friends and family. He aspires to work as a heavy duty mechanic when he finishes school.
