The Dusty Art Room

One of the three after school clubs that I run at Hester is the stage crew, which designs all the scenery for the annual musical.  I am very fortunate to work with a talented music teacher, Marilee Castaneda, who puts together an amazing show with the choir students each year.  The 2016 performance was Shrek, Jr the musical. Students interested in joining stage crew started out by filling out an application in December.  Over 50 students applied, but I could only take 35 students.  Each of the students chose one or two days that fit their schedule to attend meetings.  In just 7 short weeks the students painted the back stage wall, 4 rolling sets, a castle set, and constructed numerous props including the papier mache dragon head. Please note that the kids are doing all the creating - I just consult them! Here's a video slideshow of the performance with some AMAZING pictures taken by the one and only, Mrs. Pina! Photos of the work in progress... Look a...

Shrek Jr. the Musical The Hester Junior High choir is preparing for Shrek Jr. the musical, premiering next week, February 18th and 19th at 7:00 pm.   Although my stage crew group has been PHENOMENAL this year - I am especially excited about this GIANT dragon we have been building over the last several weeks.  I would like to say that although I googled giant papier mache masks for some background information, I have NEVER made anything remotely this big before - the students and I have learned by DOING and TRYING. Here is a day by day evolution... Day One - The students aren't so sure this is going to look like a dragon, but they are willing to keep going End of Day Two - Once we added a top layer of papier mache, the students had a little faith in our endeavors! Day Three: The dragon needed more brains!  Day 4: polishing up some details - we are all getting excited now!  Day Five: Paint!  Day Five: Notice the repurposed apple tra...