Maybe next time

Gracie didn't get the part. Her principal called today to let us know. She said they had a really hard time deciding on which girl to pick. She did a great job. They said they all could have done the part.

We will keep trying though. There is a children's theater in town and we are going to try out for that in November. They are doing "Honk!" the story of the Ugly duckling. The boys are going to try too I think. That play will be performed in February. The schedule is more demanding but I think they can handle it. I am going to get more information about rehearsals and such before we make a commitment.

We haven't told Grace yet but I think she will be fine. There are plans to do a play like this again next year if this goes well. So she may be able to try again. Thank you all for your encouragement and prayers.

The play was the Sound of Music by the way. She was up for Marta or Gretel.

UPDATE: They ended up choosing two girls younger and shorter than Grace. One a first grader and one a kindergartener. The part of Marta went to a girl named Faith who has dark hair like Marta on the movie. And Gretel went to Olivia, the spitting image of Gretel from the movie. They did a great job and I am pleased that if it couldn't be Grace that these are the girls the parts went to. We will keep you posted on the Honk! thing. That show is in February. It will be cute and hopefully a good place for the kids to start.