SWEET CHEEKS IS A STAR-ON STAGE (AND OFF)

Have you heard about

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever?

This is kind of a long post for me

because I included a brief synopsis of the play.

Quit your whining and grab your coffee...m'kay?

If you don't know the book-

Here is a synopsis:

The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. 

They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. 

So no one is prepared when this outlaw family 

invades church one Sunday 

and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant.

None of the Herdmans has ever heard the Christmas story before. 

Their interpretation of the tale — 

the Wise Men are a bunch of dirty spies and Herod needs a good beating — 

has a lot of people up in arms. 

But it will make this year's pageant the most unusual anyone has seen 

and, just possibly, the best one ever.

Our Lulu went to the local theater group

to try out for the play...open from

ages EIGHT and up.

She is 11.

She read and got a part.

SweetCheeks age SIX

is sitting off to one side.

The director looks her over and asks if

she wants to try out.

She shyly nods her head yes.

Director doesn't hold out much hope

because she is very soft-spoken

AND only SIX.

She tells SweetCheeks to 

"imagine that you are getting ready for

school and can't find your backpack-

ONLY you are an ANGEL

and you can't

find your HALO.

Got it?"

SweetCheeks quietly nods yes-

she understands.

Director says Okay...

let me know when you are ready.

SweetCheeks goes up on stage

quietly bows her head

and closes her eyes.

(director is regretting asking her

because she seems so shy)

She looks up and says- 

OK- I'm ready now.

Here is her interpretation of the line.

This is less than 20 seconds long...

please excuse our "hair do".....

 After a couple of play practices

Sweet Cheeks also wrote her

OWN LINE and asked if it could be added.

"OOOOOH- Alice is MAAAAD"

The director added it.

Last week she told me she was going to add

ONE MORE LINE.

She did!

She now closes the play with

"Peace On Earth Good Will Towards Men"

Now why doesn't that surprise me?

Next year she will be sitting in the

director's chair!