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WELCOME!  That  feels  wonderful.  Let  me  write  that
      again. WELCOME!


      Last summer, when we began talking about musical, we
      had  no  idea  what  the  world  would  look  like  by  the
      time we got to April. Honestly, we didn’t know a lot.
      We didn’t know how school programming might be, what
      Covid  would  be  like,  how  to  ensure  safety,  and
      countless  other  questions  we  couldn’t  answer  and
      concerns we didn’t know how to address.


      At  the  same  time,  there  was  a  lot  we  DID  know.  We
      knew we would be back and that we were determined to
      perform  a  full-length  musical.  We  knew  we  would  be
      rebuilding  our  program  and  that  we  would  reinvent
      ourselves.  We  knew  it  made  sense  to  not  try  to  do
      what we had always done when we have all been changed
      and impacted by the last two years in countless ways.
      We knew “the world will know” and understand.


      We decided to be true to ourselves in maximizing our
      strengths and “seizing the day” and our opportunities
      for  growth.  We  selected  a  show  to  highlight  the
      diversity of our students and their skill sets, that
      would be family-friendly, and have everyone cheering
      for the underdog. We had no idea what to expect at
      auditions,  but  we  knew  we  were  100%  invested  in
      creating something very special.
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