In mid-December, Augie's day care hosted a few sessions of their christmas concert. We went to the one on Weds 11th December. Augie had the honour of being one of the chickens for a song about three little chickens (yes, that doesn't have much to do with Christmas. no, it doesn't really matter to us!). We were very impressed at the way the day care prepared and ran the christmas concerts. They were extremely organised and ran the events with military precision. They somehow managed to get a large group of preschoolers to sit and - mostly - complete a whole christmas program of singing (in both Italian and English) and dancing, complete with props. Augie seemed to really enjoy it.
We were also very impressed with Augie's behaviour on the day. He sat still when he needed to, he used his props, he did what he was asked to do. He didn't seem one bit daunted by the crowd and by sitting in the front row, not that we would've expected him to be as he's quite a little extrovert. But we were impressed with his maturity for his age and his ability to stick with the program completely and not want to run over to us, as we arrived halfway through his day at day care and he did not get to greet us as we came in. He also didn't get to say goodbye to us when we left as the kids were all taken out back and the parents were all asked to leave quickly (totally understandable as chaos would've reigned otherwise). Augie did not seem one bit worried about neither being able to come and greet us or being able to tell us goodbye (we had told him this is how it would work on the day as the centre had sent out some very good background information on the logistics for the day of the concert).
Below are a few photos and pictures from the day.
Augie, in the front row, with chicken mask at the ready.
They opened the show with the Australian National Anthem: Advance Australia Fair.
The Incy Wincy Rano (spider in Italian) - which also doesn't have a whole lot to do with Christmas. But had fun props. Augie is in the middle of the front row with a chicken mask on his head holding a storm cloud for the song.
Augie's big cameo performance! Love the bow at the end!
This is starting to look like a chicken-themed christmas program...but it wasn't. And there actually were a few christmas songs (I think) but I didn't get any of them on video! Augie is the kid on the far left of the screen when the dancing starts.
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