This time, their program focused on scenes from "The Lion King," which is in town right now at the Kentucky Center. The actor who plays Pumba came and talked to the campers, and a local puppet company worked with them on the animal puppets that they made for the "Circle of Life" finale.
Annabelle's big moment was as Rafiki in the scene where Rafiki confronts Simba about his future as the king. Obviously, I'm biased, but she was so great! She just had such presence and wasn't shy or timid at all.
She carried a bird puppet in the "Circle of Life" number. I got totally choked up at that point, so it's just as well that I didn't try to videotape it. (We're supposed to get a DVD, but given that we're still waiting for the winter session DVD, I'm not holding my breath.)
After the show, we stayed on to watch "Hello, Dolly," which was really great! Two of the counselors from boot camp were in it, and I think Annabelle enjoyed seeing people she actually knows up there on stage.
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