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| Written by Brandon Steinert | |||
| Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:00 | |||
Young actors ages 5 to 14 slink, crawl and dance up the aisle toward the stage. They claw the air and make animal noises as they make their way to the front while parents in the audience observe their masked offspring.  When they reach the stage in the front of the Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church event building, the audience is treated to song and dance by talented children. It took Kylie Geiman a week of daily practices with the cast of 30 singing actors and actresses to perfect the Friday-night performance, which was her graduation research project, a requirement for Louisburg High School seniors. “They really enjoyed it,” she said. “As the week went on, there was so much improvement and an increase in their energy.” Geiman said many of the participants came out of their shells thanks to training from herself and Lisa Albright, former debate, forensics and theater instructor at LHS. Albright allowed the use of her Piccadilly Productions and, as Geiman’s GRP mentor, offered guidance during the summer music theater camp, Doing It Disney Style. “It’s good to see kids who were unsure of themselves are now the ones singing solos and yelling their lines and projecting,” Geiman said. She said the effort is something she will help with next year as well, since it was so well received. It also has inspired other students, including Garret Marshall, who plans to direct the camp and musical play for his GRP when he is an incoming senior next summer. Aaron Redburn and Holly Tonkovich also volunteered their time to help teach the young actors and actresses. Having a local option for acting camps is something for which the students were grateful. Ashlyn McManidal said she plans to be part of the camp next year. “I like the dancing and singing,” she said. “It feels good in my heart to perform for my parents. It was great I had the opportunity to come here.” Reneé Larsen expressed a similar sentiment. “I thought this would be a great part of singing and would help with my vocal lessons, and it did,” she said, adding the camp did much more than that. “I’m not afraid of getting up on stage anymore.” Geiman was all smiles during the dress rehearsal Friday morning, as she knew she’d accomplished something of which to be proud. “It’s been a huge success,” she said. Albright said there is also a community theater in the works, and the first step is to find a building to use.
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