Friday, February 8, 2008

Playing the Part

We had to coax and plead to get Wynham to try out for the school play this year, but now that he's got a supporting lead part (Chad, the guy with the afro) I think he's pretty psyched about the whole thing. I finally watched the movie with him the other night (neither of us had seen it before).

The main character is struggling to achieve balance between his commitment to a basketball team with a hard-driving coach and his desire to sing in the school musical. I was struck by the irony -- Wynham has exactly the same problem -- he's bummed out that he often has to sit out at his basketball games because his coach doesn't want him missing practice for play rehearsal, so he doesn't get as much time on the court as he would like...

He's got just over two weeks to learn all his lines (and there are a lot), juggle that with the basketball schedule, and still keep up with his school work. But if I know Wynham, he'll deliver a star performance in all categories. Like Claire loves to say, "Wynham, Wynham, he's our man: if he can't do it, no one can!"


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