Heads up!

Next week -
Introduction to our Year-end plays! Don't miss class, you'll want to know what's up.

A little 'taster' : -

There is a washed-out Circus, some mutineering Pirates, trouble in an Egyptian museum, a spooky house on a rainy night, and true love triumphs over all!

It's going to be epic!

When you wear bubble-wrap to drama

Dress up days can be fun...but sometimes the costumes wear the actor! :)

Totally wrapped up!

The bubble wrap saga!

Free at last!!!

Germs come in all shapes and sizes!

Movement to music week. Germs everywhere!

Here are some of the best pics.

You don't HAVE to dress up to make good 'germs'! :)

But Monday studio did look the coolest!

More Parent Day pics

Listen up Monday studio! Check out these absolutely stunning pictures taken of your Parent Day last term, by Isabel Vorster.

https://picasaweb.google.com/sonja.krohn50/MondayStudioParentDay2011?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Countdown to Term THREE

Classes start up on Monday. Busy Term ahead. Some dress-up days; we plan and start practicing for our Year-end Plays; and always end Term three with a "Whacky Week!"

Thought I'd put a few snapshot protraits of our Youth in various moods. :)

Paret Day Presentations!

At the end of Term Two all our classes perform a Parent Day Presentation. A presentatio of a cross-section of the skills learned so far in the year.

This year as always, we had enormous fun performing verbal dynamic peices, snippets, structured scenes and improvisations.

Term three brings the beginnings of our Year End Play productions - an exciting time!

Start up next week 18th July! See everyone back at class.

Dress-up days...our favourite!

Kid's love the chance to dress-up!  We have several opportunities in each term to have fun, easy, dress-up days.  Here we did an improvisation called "The Sleep-over".  You wouldn't believe the array of PJ's, slippers....and TEDDY BEARS!!  :)

I think they would all agree though, that the BEST part of the improvisation, was the PILLOW FIGHT!!

The crazy things we do at drama!

Where did these holidays go?  I've been preoccupied with my daughter leaving to join her husband in Oz, and now that she's gone, and I can catch a breath, the holiday is over!!

Well, we have lots to look forward to this term....a 10 day holiday a week in to the term (which really plays havoc with our academy term!) and PARENT DAY presentations at the end of this term! Am considering a Holiday Theater club again...but am way behind planning it.  Must get my team together (however will I replace Hayley???) and get started on it!

We always end off our first term with a Whacky Week....so here are some photos! :)

Youth Theater is always entertaining!

Resident Robert Downey Jnr fans....poor guy!

Ah Wednesday studio...Bless ya!

See you all next week!

Bring-a-grownup Day!

This week we invited parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, to come along and join in class with us all.  The grown-ups learned first hand how our programme develops communication skills and improves self-confidence!

Mommies dressed for fun!

The class is doubled in size when we have a "Bring-a-grownup" Day!

 

All getting in to the swing of things.



Friday studio having a great time with the grown-ups

Wednesday studio and a scene with Mom

Friday Upper Primary parents fully involved!

The rest of the pictures are up on Picasaweb
https://picasaweb.google.com/sonja.krohn50/HelenOGradyBringAGrownupDay2011?feat=directlink

Hope you all enjoyed the week!

First Dress-up 2011

 We LOVE dress-up days!  Here some of the classes dressed as Gypsy's for a movement to music piece.  Look at the amazing costumes made up of stuff we already have at home...no costs involved!

These girsl are picking and collecting fruit and berries.

Doing the laundry and hanging it up.

In case you were wondering...they are milking cows!!  :)

Fantastic costumes!

Year-end plays...2010 - a Great Year!

This year our choice of year-end plays was wonderfully diverse! A fabulous local play about how the lion got his roar; some tourists had some horrifying travel experiences; a starship thwarted a mutiny attempt; a long-time park worker retired, but not before his friends played a prank on him; and the Vampire world was in trouble!

Some pictures: -

Lebone in their fantastic animal t-shirts - How the Lion got its Roar

Space Shenanigans - Tuesday studio

"Make it so, Number One!"

Vampire Drudgeries

More of the cast of Vampire Drudgeries

Jetlag Tours

Friday Studio - Space Shennanigans

Monday Studio - How the Lion got its Roar

A Slice of LIfe

Where did 2010 go? 2011 is already up and running!

Classes have started up!  New enrolments coming in, and old friends back to enjoy classes!
Studios as follows:

MONDAY – Brebner Primary (for Brebner Primary school goers only)

1:30pm Lower Primary

MONDAY - Heuwelkruin NG Kerk. Lucas Steyn St. Heuwelsig
3:30pm Lower Primary
4:30pm Upper Primary

TUESDAY - Universitas-Wes NG Kerk. De Bruin St. Universitas-Wes
3:30pm Combined class(Upper and Lower combined)
5:00pm Youth Theatre

WEDNESDAY - Fichardtkruin NG Kerk. McCabe St. Fichardpark
2:30pm Combined class (Upper and Lower combined)

THURSDAY
Brebner Primary
1:45 – 2:45 (For Brebner schoolgoers only)
Lebone Land 3:00 to 4:00pm (For Lebone Village children only)
FRIDAY - Kuierhoekie, Cnr Kelner/ Melville St. Brandwag
2:30pm Lower Primary
3:30pm Upper Primary
4:30pm Youth Theatre

Next post:  --Year end plays 2010!

Visit to New York Drama Kids

I was privileged to have been able to visit a class run by Drama Kids International, during a recent trip to New York. I had a great time with this class of 5 year olds!  Jonathan, their teacher, was enthusiastic and made me feel most welcome.  I told the class the story of how the lion got his roar, took a vuvuzela along, and they enjoyed learning to shout "Ayoba!"