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Christopher participated in the Arvada Center Children’s Chorale original production of “Fast Edna” last night.  It was not on the main stage but more of an acting class for kids from 7years to 13 years old.  Designed for the actors to be ready for future auditions, it involved improvisation, singing, dancing and acting.

The play took place in modern day NYC and included 5 songs.  The actors actually developed their own characters and named them.  Christopher came up with the name, Jeremy Jacobs otherwise known as JJ.  He was a peddler of NYC trinkets and lived in an apartment above the corner where he sold his wares.  His imagination is fantastic. 

The production was definitely improvisational and they had been practicing for 9 weeks with a fake hot dog stand.  When they went live with the show, real hotdogs and condiments were used.  Christopher, who is not a big eater, went nuts about having a real hotdog.  Eating it during the play was a real priority to him and it really added to the show.  He was the last one done for a costume change because he was still eating.  The audience got a kick out of it especially his loyal fans: Jennifer, Me, Omi, Papa, our friend Jodee with her daughter Anna (a friend of Christopher’s), our friends and neighbors, Lori and her son Zac.  Thank you all for coming.

I think what classified this story most as a Christopherism is what happened during the day at school prior to the evening performance.  He was on the biggest slide at school during recess and somehow got pushed down, landing on…his face.  When Jennifer picked him up from school she was very concerned, but didn’t want to get him all worked up before the play.  She simply asked what happened.  Christopher told her and then added, “Won’t this be a great look for my character tonight!?”