3rd Grade Opera

March 20, 2014

Every year the Third Grade creates an opera, wherein the story is written by the kids and the lyrics are set to music by local composer Masa Fukada. This year the theme was Diversity. Ms. Lofgren's class told a story about the a villian who imprisons anyone for being different. Jack played the role of Bob who was the first convict thrown in jail. They even sang a song about him: "Poor poor Bob. What's going on with Bob?" Eventually they figured out the villain had been bullied as a child and they helped to bring him around to being more tolerant. Jack only had a couple of lines, but he made the most of his presence on stage, rattling the bars and celebrating when new inmates were added to his cell. He always gets a lot of laughs and attention when he is one stage. Grandma Ruth Hale would be proud.