Kate Stavisky

I don't think I've ever posted here before, but I just had to, today. I
have a 3 year old who loves princesses, and I have been embracing it with
joy -- but Pam, your post gave me so many great ideas, and made me feel so
happy about what I've been doing, that I just had to let you know. Thank
you!!


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Nancy Wooton

On Oct 7, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Kate Stavisky wrote:

> I don't think I've ever posted here before, but I just had to,
> today. I
> have a 3 year old who loves princesses, and I have been embracing it
> with
> joy -- but Pam, your post gave me so many great ideas, and made me
> feel so
> happy about what I've been doing, that I just had to let you know.
> Thank
> you!!
>

My dd, who's now 21, was never a princess type, preferring the Disney
animal movies (Bambi every day for months! Lion King, 101 Dalmations,
etc.), but the both of us *loved* "Enchanted." We particularly
enjoyed the one little girl sitting -- or rather, standing -- behind
us, in a theater otherwise full of older adults, who was so absorbed
in the story she started talking to the screen, warning the princess
to not eat the apple! To the grown-ups, it was a comedy/parody, but
to this little girl, it was still a princess movie :-)

Nancy

Sandra Dodd

-=-both of us *loved* "Enchanted." We particularly
enjoyed the one little girl sitting -- or rather, standing -- behind
us, in a theater otherwise full of older adults, who was so absorbed
in the story she started talking to the screen, warning the princess
to not eat the apple! -=-

I love when that happens.

Years ago we went to a production of Little Shop of Horrors at Menaul
High School. They have an OLD gymnasium, 80 or 100 years old. It
was only half full or so, and I had taken lots of kids and we met up
with others. The back row was Kirby and Marty and other friends, so
they had a good view of the thing that happened. A friend named
Megan was young--fiveish--and sitting with me and Holly in the third
or fourth row back, or so. She didn't know the story. When Mr.
Mushnik leaned over to give the plant some water, Megan sat up
sharply and said (to the actor, that loudly) "NO! DON'T!" and it did
add greatly to the performance. "Mr. Mushnik" paused, and looked at
Megan thoughtfully and then went back to watering the plant with a
posture that said "Going to do it anyway." It was SO COOL that a
teenaged amateur actor in a high school show was able to incorporate
that unexpected outburst into what he was doing.



Sandra




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