Last night was Aum's nativity play at school. It was held at Wythenshawe Forum, where it takes place every year due to the high number of parents and family that turn up. The school are split up into two groups - the infants (aged 4-7) and juniors (aged 7-11).
Traditionally, the infants do a play based around the normal Christmas story, whilst the junior branch out into musical theatre - last year they performed Les Miserables, after the success of the film released that year.This year, Aum took centre stage as Joseph (although he still complained as he only had 4 lines!) and it told the tale of an angel who only had little wings, so couldn't keep up with the rest of the party travelling to see the birth of Jesus. Following three acts of kindness, she was given big wings by the head angel, and flew to Bethlehem to see the new king.
The juniors performed a piece where two enemy tribes lived on opposite sides of a river, and they were forced to join forces when a TV crew descended upon their land to make a documentary. It had performances from some very talented individuals, in particular 11 year old Amy Waterson was magnificent, singing a solo piece in front of what must have been at least 200 people.
I always love watching the kids from school have fun on stage, and it is great near Christmas to get a bit of festive spirit going with all the parents and staff supporting them. A thoroughly enjoyable night out!
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