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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Spring-Ford's 'Seussical' simply spectacular

Two thoughts. One: Borsch obviously knows someone who is personally involved with this production and is using his humor blog to promote it. Two: Another "I saw something and liked it" post?

Who doesn’t like Dr. Seuss?

Hitler.

I always enjoyed reading the books to my kids when they were youngsters, especially “Hop on Pop” and “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.”
So it wouldn’t really be much of a stretch for me to enjoy last weekend’s performance of “Seussical” at Spring-Ford High School.

How lame and uncreative is that intro? "I like Dr. Seuss. So does everyone else. Therefore, I liked this show I went to." The readers of 12 newspapers can link to this! Put some pride into it!

That in and of itself would be good enough, but the fact that Younger Daughter was the stage manager for the production made it even sweeter.

... And there we have it. Please see last year's hilarious entry about the "Beauty and the Beast" show the kids put on.

I never underestimate the high school productions in this area. They are wonderful opportunities for young people to showcase their talents.

This production is a talent showcase - don't underestimate it! What sense does that make?

While I’m more familiar with the Spring-Ford performances because I have a daughter who has been involved with them throughout her high school years, I’m sure other parents with children in other area schools feel the same as I do, as they should.

So first he says that he never "underestimates" high school shows "in this area." We can read "I'm more familiar with... Spring-Ford" as "I've never seen a show other than Spring-Ford's." But hey, he assumes that other parents "feel the same way" (what exactly does he feel again?), so it's all good.

Under the direction of teacher Aimee Oblak, the kids did a fabulous job with “Seussical.” It looked to be a lot of hard work by everyone involved to stage this show.

"Fabulous." "Looked to be a lot of hard work." Why isn't this man writing reviews for the Times???

And the orchestra, led by musical director Joseph Perry, was absolutely stellar. I love seeing young people have the opportunity to explore their musical talents.
Of course, I’m biased because I have a daughter who was an integral part of the production.

The mind boggles at how many generic superlatives he will heap upon her.

While I was impressed with all the performers, I have come to particularly like watching the work of Adam Speelhoffer, who played General Gengus Khan Schmitz in “Seussical.” He’s one of Younger Daughter’s pals, and seems like a decent kid on those times that I’ve met him, which probably explains why I like him.

So his performance was great for the following reasons:

1.) Friend of daughter
2.) *Decent kid

*Seems to be

In addition, he is a fellow of size, like me, and he has a stage presence that I quite enjoy.

3.) Is fat

As you can see by the accompanying picture, Younger Daughter was quite pleased with Saturday evening’s performance. According to her, there were no glitches from the stage manager’s perspective. I’m so proud of my baby girl and I’m happy that she was happy with the production.

Well if he's happy that she's happy, I'm happy. Even though we get no details about the show, no interesting backstage stories... and no comedic material.

Labels: `, Mike Morsch, Montgomery Newspapers, Outta Leftfield, Seussical, Spring-Ford High School

That's right - he labeled an apostrophe.