Boom Bah!!

So, today was Juliana's first experience with a play...nice and short at 40 minutes and she really seemed to like it. She was very fidgety (big surprise) while we were waiting for it to start, but as soon as it did, she quieted right down and was in awe. She didn't look away from the performance the entire time. The characters were interacting with the children, but Juliana was shy up until the last fifteen minutes or so. Then she started to clap along with the audience and cheer for the performers.

A little background on the play: the brochure states, BOOM BAH! revels in the joy of music and performance, starting with a tinkle to their uproarious clamour and hoots of a farmyard turned into a makeshift band. Spend the day with a cat, goat, pig and friends as they create music from the simplest instruments found in the home. The extra friend for this particular performance was a rooster. They played lots of music with things like a bowl, cereal box, milk carton, spoon, chopsticks, and a tin can. Then later on, they played with real instruments, including a violin, guitar, accordion, whistle, drum, trumpet, and trombone. It was cute and I'm glad Juliana enjoyed her first play so much.

So here's daddy and Juliana waiting for the show to begin...

No pictures allowed during the performance, but after it was over, the characters came back out for meet and greet and lots of pictures!!

This was the goat and Juliana is giving her hand puppet a kiss!

The pig...Juliana was too mesmerized by the shiny instrument and hand puppet to look at the camera. This puppet got a kiss too!

The rooster with his accordion. Once again, couldn't get her to look at the camera, because he was playing and she wanted to watch.

Finally, the main character, the cat. The lighting is so bad in this picture, but it's the best we got. He was quite the entertainer...good at what he does for sure!! He tried to get Juliana to play the mini violin, but she was too shy.

Overall, good experience! It was an adorable performance for little kids and they do a good job of keeping the audience's attention with lots of dancing, music and laughter!

Just so all of you can share in some of the fun from the show, this is from the brochure:

Do the BOOM BAH! dance

1. Teach the refrain: 1, 2, 3 and 4, nod your head, tap your toe, BOOM BAH! Here we go!
2. Find a variety of household objects to use as simple instruments (tins, cups, spoons, boxes).
3. Create a simple dance routine.
4. Ready, get set, go!! Dance the BOOM BAH! dance all around the house!!