We had a fun day today. Valley Youth Theater performed a musical called "They Chose Me" about adoption. They covered many topics on adoption from proper terminology, famous adopted people such as Halle Barry, Bill Clinton, Nancy Reagan, as well as "gay parents", various reasons why children are adopted, and how to deal with looking different from other family members.
Not a good photo. Jazzy and some other kids talking with the Orchestra Director at the intermission.
Pictures were not allowed during the performance, but some of the performers were available after the show. The little girl on the left played "Mei Ling Moskowitz", a Chinese girl adopted by Jewish parents. She sang a song "I'm proud to be a Chinese Jew":)) They were all great singers and performers.
On a side note, the theater is located across the street from the very first hotel built in Phoenix, called Westward Ho. It was built in 1927 and was frequented by Teddy Roosevelt. In 1949, an ugly tower was added onto the top of the hotel. It was the first TV tower in Phoenix. The building has not been used as a hotel since 1960 when it was converted into an office complex. Since 1980, it has been a homeless shelter!! Builders and developers want to tear it down, or at least remove the ugly tower, but that notion caused a huge uproar in Phoenix since it is considered a "historical building". It certainly is not a pretty building though.
Fun day. We weren't too creative in our dining choices when we ate at Olive Garden on the way home:)
Pictures were not allowed during the performance, but some of the performers were available after the show. The little girl on the left played "Mei Ling Moskowitz", a Chinese girl adopted by Jewish parents. She sang a song "I'm proud to be a Chinese Jew":)) They were all great singers and performers.
On a side note, the theater is located across the street from the very first hotel built in Phoenix, called Westward Ho. It was built in 1927 and was frequented by Teddy Roosevelt. In 1949, an ugly tower was added onto the top of the hotel. It was the first TV tower in Phoenix. The building has not been used as a hotel since 1960 when it was converted into an office complex. Since 1980, it has been a homeless shelter!! Builders and developers want to tear it down, or at least remove the ugly tower, but that notion caused a huge uproar in Phoenix since it is considered a "historical building". It certainly is not a pretty building though. 
Fun day. We weren't too creative in our dining choices when we ate at Olive Garden on the way home:)
