The show began with Walt Disney sitting down to write a story and then entrusting his large story book to two fairies who lost the book. The book fell into the hands of the Disney villains who wanted to change the stories so they didn't look so bad. While the fairies searched for the book, we as an audience got to see glimpses of many Disney stories, but all of them were just a little different. In the end, the fairies got the book and everyone danced together - just the way a good Disney story should end.
By the way, I should mention a couple of things before I begin adding pictures and narrative. The girls put on the show Thursday night for the parents and families and then Friday morning for the school. The show Thursday night was billed as a Talent Show, but there were only 2 talent groups that were not seniors. Ana Elisa decided there was no time for singing on Friday, so she only had the senior show that day.
About 10 minutes before the show began, Vanessa approached me and told me she needed a hot dog for the show. She asked if the convent had some sausage and bread that she could make to look like a hot dog. Of course, the convent had nothing so we had a moment of panic. We decided to go as quickly as we could to Exito, which is the closest store to the school, to buy a hot dog. Vanessa bought the hot dog, smothered it in condiments, and we hurried back to school. Before we returned to school, though, I had to get a picture of Vanessa in most of her costume posing with Valeria and the hot dog she had just bought. Vanessa was totally embarrassed to go in public with her black frock, black tights and white flip-flops, so I had to make a record of it forever. When we got back to school, 15 minutes after the show was to begin, the show was just beginning. Whew!!! Valeria hid the hot dog in her purse because Ana Elisa was standing at the door to the auditorium telling everyone that no food was allowed. The hot dog's condiments spilled onto Valeria's purse and her leather purse now smells like a mustard-ketchup combination.
The show began with Olga acting like a famous Colombia comedian that everyone in the audience but me knew. She welcomed everyone and told a joke or two before the Disney tale began.
Mayra played Walt Disney and Carolina and Maria Alejandra played the fairies. All three of them were very funny, especially Carolina who spoke all of her lines in a hilarious nasal, nerdy-type voice.
In the first scene in which Disney was writing his book, he began the story of Peter Pan, which we watched on stage as Laura played Peter Pan, Linda played Captain Hook, and Ana Maria and Melissa played the lost boys.
When the fairies lost the Walt Disney book of stories it ended up in the hands of Anastasia, played by Andrea. As a matter of fact, the book hit her on the head, which is why it was good she was wearing a hard hat.
Because Anastasia was not the brighest Disney princess in the bunch, Cruella de Vil was able to convince her to give Cruella Walt's book of stories. Cruella had a sinister plan to change how people view the villains by changing the Disney stories. She and her motley crew, including Ursula, played by Henny, met in the Bar de los Malvados where they plotted how to carry out Cruela's plan.
The bartender, played by Andrea, happened to be in love with Belle, played by Lina, so he told her the villians' plans. Belle, however, had no interest in the bartender and blew him off. He then sang about his lonely heart, which was ROFL FUNNY!!!!
So then the mixed-up Disney stories began, beginning with Belle and Rapunzel, played by Daniela, in which Daniela was admiring her long hair, and then she ended up bald.
In another scene, Jane (of Tarzan fame) entered the stage and it soon became clear that she was the wild one. Katherine played Jane very well. When Tatiana as Tarzan entered the stage, it was hilarious. She was dressed in a loincloth as Tarzan would be, but she was wearing a dress shirt, jacket and tie, and she chastised Jane for being too wild. Maria Isabel as Hercules, however, liked Jane the way she was and stole her from Tarzan.
The next scene had Hannah Montana, played by Lisette, performing and then announcing a talent show to see if anyone could sing as well as her. At the night performance for the parents, this is where most of the acts performed. I included pictures of each act.
The next scene was definitely my favorite. It began with Snow White, played by Gina, meeting a witch in the woods. Rather than offering Snow White an apple, she offered her a...HOT DOG. Finally, the hot dog Vanessa bought at Exito entered the scene with Vanessa (the witch) offering it to Snow White. Snow White took a bite of it and fell into a deep sleep. Three of the dwarfs, played by Laura, Sandra and ? entered to find Snow White asleep. The girls who played the dwarfs were super funny because they walked in on their knees with shoes and their arms were only halfway out of their shirts. While they were wondering what to do about Snow White, who came in to save her? None other than Troy Bolton, played by Laura, in his basketball work-out suit and all. He did a few basketball moves and then bent down to kiss Snow White to wake her up. The problem was...Snow White had horrible breath because she had eaten a hot dog, so Troy refused to kiss her. No matter, though, the dwarfs still did a silly and funny dance while she lay there.
The villians met again to check on their status and to make an evil potion - I'm not sure why, but probably because villians always need an evil potion. They discovered that the bartender told Belle about their sinister plan, so they locked him up in a cage.
Next we met up with Lilo, played by Jimena, who captured two strange girls. Lilo had an interesting persona. It was truly as if she were the one from another planet and not Stitch.
At this point in the show, the girls from one of the senior groups did a dance. It was fantastic. The dancing I have seen at this school has been simply amazing.
The next scene was also a funny one. It began with Nik Jonas, played by Andrea, serenading Ariel, played by Adriana. From the other side of the stage, Jack Sparrow, played by Claudia, spotted Ariel and decided to make her his own. He crawled along the stage like it was a war zone and challenged Nick Jonas for Ariel. After some delicate negotiation, Ariel decided she'd take both of them.
There was a cute fashion show next, with a couple characters from High School Musical, but somehow I only got one picture of Lilian as Sharpay.
We then returned to the caged bartender who was singing about how sad he was to be trapped in a cage when Genie from Alladin, played by Hilda, appeared. She told the bartender he had three wishes. Of course, none of his wishes were to be freed from his cage because that would be too logical. The two fairies then showed up and tried to free the bartender, but it took Mr. Incredible, played by Naddia, to free the bartender from his cage.
At this point, the villians' plan came to fruition and they captured all of the Disney protagonists. Fortunately, though, the indians were on hand to capture the villains and free the protagonists. The indians were great. They began at the back of the auditorium doing a traditional indian-type dance. Then the music changed and they did an awesome traditional Colombian dance with a ton of energy. Everyone laughed hard at that. Once the protagonists were freed, the fairies were able to return the stories to Walt Disney so everyone could live happily ever after.
And the happy ending allowed Belle to realize that she was really in love with the bartender...and they lived happily ever after. And to celebrate their love and the successful return of the characters to their proper places, the characters all danced.
Once the play finished, there were three more talent show acts. The first one was a song by Salwa, which was quite pretty. Next Natalia sang, accompanied by Ana Maria on the guitar. She sang in Spanish, so I have no idea what the song was, but she has a beautiful voice and Ana Maria is quite talented on the guitar. The final act was Camila singing Mr. President by Pink. Anyone who knows that song knows it is not easy to sing, but Camila was fanstastic. I had no idea she had such a lovely and clear voice. I thought she was the perfect ending to a great show.
