Circus - Schmircus

This old grandpa can hang up his stage shoes now. I have more than adequate coverage with two grandsons who can take over quite nicely, thank you. Tim and Jacob Loveridge completed their summer acting camp with a play with the unlikely title of Circus - Schmircus, not unsurprisingly written especially for this handpicked crew. If you enlarge the picture and look carefully at the person on the absolute right (your right) you will see the unbelievable Jake and about fifth from the left (your left) is the unperterbable Tim.



As in prior years, they divided the kids into three teams which were more workable as well as easier for the kids to get to know each other. From the way Edward talked to other parents the night we went, it appeared that some parent bonding went on as well.

This is Tim's group. He's on the back row l ooking like he's a bit shy. But you couldn't tell it by the way he belted out his lines as well as the songs they sang.

This appeared to be the more senior of the groups. There were no Loveridge family representatives with this group.

And this is Jake's group. He is prominently standing in the front row with a cheesy grin on his face. For being comfortable in his medium, Jake gets the grand prize. Whenever he was on stage he was hamming it up. It had us wondering whether some of the actions of the Little Rascals movies he's been watching might have rubbed off on him.

Several of the other parents remarked during the show as well as during the intermission and end just how much they enjoyed Jake's antics. One man remarked he felt he got his entire admission's worth just by watching Jake. And apparently the director was constantly battling for control as Jake was a such a natural "director". He was just possibly impossible to control.