Cool Cat!

Kavya's in kindergarten now and I love the fact that she's going to school. Being an avid reader myself, it's great seeing her read pretty much any book she can get her hands on (she is already devouring Level 4 'paragraph books', which are considered 2nd grade level!). She gets to learn - and share with us - new things everyday and its fun helping her do her homework. But academics aside, the thing I look forward to most each school year, is the performance the kids do as a group.

This year, with the school year winding down, the play the kids in her school are doing is called 'Wild Things'. The play has a pretty cool theme about a boy and his sister visiting the zoo at night when all the animals are supposed to be asleep. But as they get a tour of the zoo, they see that the animals are partying and having a blast.

The play, with 60 kids, had them dressed up as different animals and each group of animals got its own song and dance routine. The kids put on an awesome show. The different animal costumes made for a colorful spectacle on stage. The songs each of the animals sang were very catchy and picked cleverly(for instance, the raptors did a kind of rap song) by the teachers. Kavya was part of the 'Cool Cats' group, which had the big cats like the lions, tigers and leopards. It was really cute watching her dance on the stage in her leopard costume, as she twirled, hopped and skipped, all the while holding her tail in her hand.

With the number of parents in the audience, its a tough job videotaping the performance cleanly. Other bodies and/or recording devices come into the frame with alarming frequency as other parents stand up to take a picture or hold their camera high over their heads to record the performance. In what I thought was a great idea, Kavya's school invited parents who wanted to videotape the play, to the dress rehearsals. I went to one of these dress rehearsals and so was able to record the play without any hassle whatsoever.

The actual program is tomorrow and since I don't have to take a camcorder and watch the show through its display screen, I can sit back, relax and enjoy the show once more!