From July 21 to August 1st, the children of the City Hope Summer Camp teamed up with composer Glenn James, librettist Dave Deveau and Tapestry to create and perform their very own opera. The children came up with the characters, the story, and the music, and everyone had tons of fun combining these elements in different ways over two weeks. As the end of the second week neared, the brainstorming, exploring, singing and skits had formed an opera titled “The Secret Within.” On the last day of camp the children performed their opera about a prince’s quest to find the wizard that has stolen all the beauty away from the town, aided by the queen and a group of animal sidekicks. The opera was a huge hit, and for those that missed it, there are some pictures below.
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I remember the first play that I was ever in. I out hopped my classmates in my Junior Kindergarten to earn the coveted role of Peter Rabbit in our end of year production. I also vividly remember the first time that my elementary school brought in a professional theatre company to perform in our school gym. I grew up in a small town in Southern Ontario and my elementary school was tiny, 150 kids from JK to Gr. 8, I’m talking small and having a professional theatre company perform in our undersized little gym was, to me, a really big deal.
