Beauty and the Beast

Yesterday, as John and I were leaving Forest Hills Foods, the gentleman who was ringing the bell for the Salvation Army offered us three free ticket to the Forest Hills Northern production of "Beauty and the Beast" for that night. So we dropped some money in his tin and left. We only had 10 minutes to get there so it was good that it was right on our way home. What a blessing it was...and so spontaneous!

The production was amazing! The sets and costumes were incredible, and the performers were great considering it was high school. When you closed your eyes you could almost just picture the movie because the actors sang and sounded so much like the movie. It was the second best non-professional production I've ever seen (the first is GVSU's Rocky Horror Picture Show). The script is obviously good as it is but they decided to throw some extra things in every now and then. The best was Mrs. Potts' line, "We're all in this together" and then they cut in a clip from the "High School Musical" song "We're All in this Together" and the three actors on stage started dancing. And when the audience stopped clapping and laughing Cogsworth said, "That was weird." It was so funny!

The other really amazing part was the song "Be Our Guest." The choreography was awesome and the students did an amazing job with it. When it was over the audience cheered for about a full minute because it was so good. It had been a long time since John and I saw a really good performance and we were so blessed to be given tickets to such a great show! So thanks to the guy who left them and to the Salvation Army guy who passed them on!