After many weeks of long repetitions in Tilburg and two major rehearsals at the Efteling Theater with her group of children last saturday the 15th at 20:00 it was 'Le Moment Supreme' for Maaike and her group to make her debut as Gretl.
We had to be there at 18:00. Our whole family went to her debut in the Efteling Theater.There we had to leave Maaike and her group behind at 18:00.
Maaike and also her other collegaes were very quiet and didn;t seem to have any nerves for their debut. The families killed the time until 20:00 with a diner at MacDonalds.
Then at 19:30 the very nervous parents arrived in the theater and we took our place in the theater. The theater was sold out! Then the show began, the cast was great! Maaike and the other kids did very well. The repetitions payed off. A splendid show with a great Wieneke Remmens as 'Maria'.
At the scene hwne the children sing good bye during the party at the Von Trapp house we knew it would be an important moment for Maaike because at the end she would be standing there all alone with all the spotlights on her and she had to sing the final phrases of the song. That was a nerve wracking moment for us as parents. We crossed our fingers and did some small prayers. But she did super well! We were moved as proud parents of course!
What a show! A great musical!
We are very proud of her performance. She and the other children did very well.After the show we had to wait long before the children came out of the theater.Then we gave them some small presents and congratulated them. All very proud parents and happy children!
Next friday and next sunday (she even has to play twice!) she has to do the part of Gretl again in the Sound of Music! But I'm sure she will do great again! Here are some photos of Maaike in some of her costumes
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