Pirates!

You wanna be a pirate? Can you say "ARRRRGGGGHHH"?

This is my grandson, Chris, who was in the chorus for the performance of "Pirates!" presented by the fourth and fifth grades at McDonald Elementary in North Platte Wednesday afternoon.

I am amazed at how much talent director Marta Holscher-Nelson was able to put together in presenting this program. The music was fun and clever, the spoken lines could be understood and the actors recognized that timing was important in delivering comedic lines.

You might think it no big deal if the classes had practiced daily for several weeks. However Holscher-Nelson said at the beginning of the program that the practices were limited, varying from one practice a week to sometimes three a week.

Well done, fourth- and fifth-graders and director Holscher-Nelson at McDonald Elementary. It was a lot of fun watching you perform.