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March 17, 2013
Another exciting week at The Swain School - let's read all about it (and make sure to scroll to the bottom to read about our Swain alumni):
The Little Mermaid is a school-wide success!
Although The Little Mermaid is a middle school production, it actually reaches far into the entire school. And not just that so many families of all ages attended the three sold-out performances!
Director Lindsay Quinn utilized the production in a number of her drama classes. She gave a tour of the backstage area so her drama students could see the scenery and 'behind the scenes' workings of the show.
Kindergarten and first grade students studied the structure of a musical, and put on their own modified version of Peter Pan.
 Senorita Christine Parente - our Lower School Spanish teacher who created the vibrant choreography for the Swain show - showed the Spanish version of The Little Mermaid video to her first grade students. They took notes - in Spanish - as they viewed it, then discussed the characters and plot.
Fourth grade Writing Lab students enjoyed a visit from John Getty - Clara's dad and the set designer/builder. Julia Getty (co-facilitator of Writing Lab and Clara's mom), the set dresser/painter also joined in the discussion about how the scenery - or book illustrations - add to the visual story-telling of a piece. The fourth graders are working on graphic novels, so took this information into consideration as they developed their own stories.
The younger students got a "Sneak Peek" of the production on Thursday afternoon - this was the first time the cast had a live audience, and our students were a terrific one!
 And of course our 5th-8th graders enjoyed the experience of putting together a full-fledged musical production, integrating singing with a live orchestra, acting, choreography, costume changes (lots of them!), and moving scenery. Several students also worked 'behind the scenes' to learn, first-hand, all that goes into supporting such a big undertaking. Great learning all around!
Thanks to EVERYONE who supported this big opportunity with its amazing results!
There are literally hundreds of photos to review - click on any of the above photos to go to a brief overview of the show - many more photos to come! Double-click on any photo to save it.
And preserve the memory of Swain's show - order a DVD of the production for $25. Please note that the order needs to be sent directly to the videographer, Mike Reiner - DVDs will be sent directly to you.
Swain Alumni
They have had their turn on the Swain stage - now many Swain alumni are thrilled to return to support the annual middle school production.
 Many thanks to these alum who helped us bring The Little Mermaid to life (and the others who were in the audience):
Allison Haas '08, Jonathan Leeds '09, Alec Talsania '09, Andie Burns '10, Eliza Lawless '10, Liam Lyons-Shields '10, Ebony Carter '11, Benj Cohen '11, Ethan Green '11, Megan Keller '11, Shea Lawless '11, Peter Stansbery '11, and Vicky Tahos '11.
Megan and Jon (above) were members of the pit orchestra, along with middle school history teacher Chris Burns - under the direction of musical director Eliza Rush, our preschool music teacher.
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