Here's a trailer for the musical:
One of the gifts I got for Christmas was a ticket to Anne Of Green Gables: The Ballet. Something to look forward to in April. I've seen Anne Of Green Gables: The Musical a couple of times while visiting PEI, but never the ballet... it should be a good time; two of my sisters also have tickets. I'd had Anne Of Green Gables read to me at a young age- and eventually read it and its sequels myself. My first experience of the musical was, however, in grade four when I joined choir. In the spring concert we performed a bit of the play (the slate breaking scene) and sang one of the songs from it: Anne of Green Gables (never change). I auditioned for the part of Anne, who sang a solo as well as got to smash a slate over Gilbert's head. The field was narrowed down to me and one other girl, but she got the part because, as our music teacher explained pragmatically, she was a natural red head and wouldn't need a wig (which we didn't have). It was a bitter moment but I had to acknowledge the practicality of this decision, especially since she sang the part at least as well as I and, admittedly, was a dead ringer for every depiction of Anne I'd seen up to that time. So I was one of the six back up singers/school kids which was no doubt a better fit for me; I'm always more comfortable singing (alto) in a group than by myself. Here's a trailer for the musical: It is not, to be sure, even close to being one of my favourite musicals but really it's the nostalgia factor which makes me enjoy it whenever I see it. And it does have a very catchy song about ice cream:
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