What is a winkie you ask? It's one of the Bad Witch's soldiers in the Wizard of Oz. And last night Chandler made his theatrical debut. That's him there right beside Dorothy, in the background.
Right after Christmas break Chandler came home from school and asked if he could try out for the Wizard of Oz. Our high school was doing the musical and was asking middle school students to be the munchkins and winkies. He tried out and made it. So in addition to baseball practice three times a week, he has been doing two play practices a week - except the last two weeks when they practiced every day after school.
It has been a lot but he did well with it. And kept his school work up, which for Chandler is kind of a miracle. Chandler has been singing Youh-Eee-Ooo- Youh-Ohhh and Ding Dong the Witch is Dead for the last couple of weeks and I can't get them out of my head. I am so proud of him for sticking with it, going to practice, learning the songs, putting himself out there.
So if you are in town tonight. You know, not at the Nascar race, stop by the high school. It's a really good musical and the winkie, 3rd from the back, totally steals the show, seriously.
P.S. A Winkie is a flying monkey!
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