Marco performed the role of U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt today in the Dulwich school assembly. Another custom made costume from Wedding Street made him the perfect Roosevelt. The child on Marco's right is the last picture played the bear and also had a custom costume. Kathleen said that Marco gave a stunning performance, reciting his four lines with true inspiration.
I am sad to say that I was halfway from the office to school when Kathleen texted me to say that the show was over. I was able to see Marco in his costume when I got home from work tonight and he looked great.
The show told the story of how the Teddy Bear toy got its name. Teddy Roosevelt was on a hunting expedition in Mississippi in 1902 when he had the opportunity to shoot a bear that had been cornered and worn down by his attendants. He declined to shoot the bear, declaring it unsportsmanlike. A political cartoon prompted an entrepreneur to design the "Teddy Bear" toy and create the Ideal Toy Company.
Kathleen commented that the show was interesting to in that it contained a group of kindergarten students trotting around with (toy) hunting rifles. The presence of guns and hunters in a school assembly would likely be deemed too offensive for a U.S. grade school.
I am sad to say that I was halfway from the office to school when Kathleen texted me to say that the show was over. I was able to see Marco in his costume when I got home from work tonight and he looked great.
The show told the story of how the Teddy Bear toy got its name. Teddy Roosevelt was on a hunting expedition in Mississippi in 1902 when he had the opportunity to shoot a bear that had been cornered and worn down by his attendants. He declined to shoot the bear, declaring it unsportsmanlike. A political cartoon prompted an entrepreneur to design the "Teddy Bear" toy and create the Ideal Toy Company.
Kathleen commented that the show was interesting to in that it contained a group of kindergarten students trotting around with (toy) hunting rifles. The presence of guns and hunters in a school assembly would likely be deemed too offensive for a U.S. grade school.
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