BFS Christmas Pageant

It was time again for the Busan Foreign School Christmas Pageant. They did a great job this year consolidating it a bit to reduce it a manageable 1.5 hours (compared to 3-4 last year). Each of the classes (through grade 4) performed a short number with the school orchestra doing songs in between. Don't let the words school orchestra fool you. . . . these kids are unreal talented. They seriously sounded like professionals up there. Their music teacher is an extremely gifted musician, and it shows. It's the best school orchestra I've ever heard!

Getting ready. Would you believe the younger girls dresses are on their third Christmas? And Emily's skirt is on it's second. Probably my all time favorite Christmas outfits.

Blue eyed beauties.

Hannah's class combined with the Nursery class to perform "Welcome Christmas" from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. They ordered these super colorful, huge costumes and the kids looked so cute as little Whos. Hannah was so excited to perform and had been practicing for weeks. She was most excited to stand by her buddy Macyn. Poor Macyn lost her hat just as the song started and never recovered. . . she cried through the entire thing. Sweet Hannah kept trying to help her, but it was a lost cause. They were seriously so cute, though!

Hannah and Macyn

Poor Macyn!

Emily's class teamed up with the second grade to perform the song "The Reindeer Twist," complete with reindeer costumes! They were a ton of fun to watch. The only bummer was the kids were grouped on stage such that we couldn't see Emily from our seats! Tyler kept recording, and mostly got footage of Emily's best friend for her family. Finally I hopped up and ran over to try to get a few pictures.

Reindeer Emily

I realized how tall she is looking at this picture. . . .

Emily and her best friend Tuscany

Madeline really enjoyed the show. . . especially the orchestra. She is a dancer and a lover of music. And she has parents with good taste. . . her favorite song hands down was the Beatle's "Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Da." She was getting her little groove one to the quality music. I personally like the break on the video when she tries to use the stage as a resting spot for her sippy cup. She also squeezes in a round of her new game, "guess where my hand went?" Then she discovers the iPod and goes for a round of Dora. She's pretty busy. . . .