Proud parent

[riffer]

Very proud parent tonight. My oldest, Jessica, hit the stage for the first time tonight in a major musical production. She's starring as Marta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, a musical which is on at the Opera House in Wellington. She beat 75 other hopefuls for the role, and she's been rehearsing for three months solid. Here's an interview with the cast on TVNZ this morning: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_flash_skin/2105646

From her bio:

<img src=http://www.thesoundofmusic.co.nz/images/jessicagallagher.jpg>
Jessica Gallagher, Marta

A ten year old student at Paparangi School, Jessica is enjoying her role as Marta in her first major production. She is the youngest student studying singing with Lesley Graham. Jessica started performing with the Kidz Club when she was six years old, singing and dancing in productions regularly. She has played the lead role in her school productions of The Lorax and Wish to the Stars, loves to sing and dance and write her own songs. Jessica also loves to read, hang out with her friends and look after her three cats, fish and three horses. Her ambition is to become a professional singer and become a hit in the musical business.

[98tls]

:niceone:Congrats to both of you,err more her than you but you get what i mean.:niceone:

[Nasty]

That is truely awesome ... proud is an understatement!!

[jrandom]

"I am sixteen going on seventeen / I know that I'm naive..."

Hang on, I'm getting the girls mixed up.

:pinch:

Fark, she looks like a miniriffer, don't she?

[merv]

Nice one riffer - good on your girl for what she's achieved.

[Firefight]

love hearing proud parent stories, good on you both Simon.:first:





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[TimeOut]

Wow that awesome:niceone: does she get the talent from her dad

[Dino]

Congrats to Jessica, and her proud Dad :clap:.

[Meanie]

That rocks mate, great when your kids make you proud eh
Now keep that in mind for when she comes home one day and says shes wrecked the family car

[Blossom]

Thats so cool, congrats to her and you of course. Now are you sick of the sound of music yet or are ya secretly singing it in the shower huh?

[Cajun]

nice one simon

[yungatart]

Awesome Riffer!
Congratulations to you all.

I say all, because I know that something like this takes huge committment from the folks as well...

[Blackbird]

Warmest congrats Simon, the feeling of being a proud parent is, IMHO, the greatest imaginable. Congrats too to Jessica - look forward to seeing her on the silver screen:niceone:

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[Tank]

Thats cool - you should be proud of yourself as well.

No kid - regardless of natural talent or hard work can acheive like that without the support and encouragement of good parents.

So pat yourself on the back as well!

[Hitcher]

Congratulations to Jessica!

Watching the movie "Welcome to Woop Woop" has corrupted my ability to listen to show tunes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Woop_Woop

[Trumpess]

What awesome news! Conrgrats to both of you!

Make sure you snap many moments for the photo album!

[riffer]

No kid - regardless of natural talent or hard work can acheive like that without the support and encouragement of good parents.


One of the amazing things about this is that because her mother (my ex) and I have had to work together to achieve this, we have finally managed to reconcile our separation and come to an agreement.

It's kind of weird to finally get on with the ex. :blink:

[2up3dom]

congratulations to both you and your daughter I too used to do some singing and have appeared on tv when i was younger make sure she keeps it up and yo not stop like I did and make sure its always fun

[Number One]

Wicked stuff! That's my favourite musical of ALL time :yes:

The Hills are alive and they are coming to eat you!

Go Jessica!!!

[alanzs]

Congrats to you both!

[Skyryder]

Need more of these sorta threads.

Skyryder