Last weekend the Milton Optimist Club presented their 19th annual children's production. This year's show was called "Wooing Red Riding Hood", a spoof on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. In addition to the Little Red Riding Hood character, there was a Medium Purple Riding Hood (played by my 10 year old daughter Savannah, shown at left), Big Green Riding Hood, an Evil Queen, a King, a UPS Driver, a Big Bad Wolf, a Fairy Godmother (of course) and many other uniquely strange and bizarre characters.
The show included a number of "commercials" for local businesses including a hard hitting advertisement for the Garden Weasel available at Dave's Ace Hardware! The whole show lasted almost 2 hours and was followed by an opportunity for fans to have pictures taken with their favorite stars and even get a few autographs too!
Can you imagine working for over two months with a group of 3rd through 8th graders (I have a hard time dealing with one!)? Although there were a lot of folks who contribute to the shows success, Julia Foster-Armstrong, Lois Skatrud and Mark Burdick deserve special recognition for their effort this year and in years past. Congratulations to all.
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