Once Upon A Mattress

Last weekend (Feb. 23 & 24) Belle- fontaine High School put on a delightful version of the classic musi-cal,'Once

Upon a Mattress'.

Robyn was the

set designer.

She

did not build

the set pieces,

but she did a very

pro- fessional job

of arranging

and painting them.

The boys only had

small parts,

but it was fun to

watch them,

sing and dance.

Adam got to

dance with his

cousin,Jenny.

I am very proud of Robyn' craft work (because of my work schedule,I didn't do a lick of work on the set)

I did help take it down.

The basic premise of 'Mattress' is that a dominating mothering type queen won't let anyone get married until her son,the prince,gets married first.The queen is unhappily married to the under a curse mute king,so she doesn't want her son to get married.

Twelve princesses have already failed the unfair tests that the queen makes them take to be worthy of marrying the prince.

The test set for the thirteenth princess is for her to feel a pea under twenty mattresses.

All sorts of hilarity's ensue.

The original version of the play starred Carol Burrett. And her signature is well upon it.

The music is somewhat forgettable,but the action and the story line are funnier then 'H.E. double toothpicks'.

It was fun and very funny.

The live orchestra added to the feel of 'real' theater.I thought that everyone was perfectly cast,and the whole production was grade 'A'.

Tyler is sitting in the middle of this scene.




It was one of the best high school plays I have ever witnessed.

Nikolas can be seen in the middle dancing here.

Here is a photo of Jenny and Adam.

And here is a another big dance scene.






Fun was had by all.I am very proud of all of Robyn's hard work

{It Paid off,cute girl},and of the

great effort that Nikolas,Tyler,Adam and the rest of the cast and crew did on this fantastic production.