Performance Club brings the Oscars to WBS
The Wrightsville Beach School (WBS) Performance Club brought the Academy Awards to Wrightsville Beach on Feb. 29.
“A Salute to the Oscars,” held in the WBS cafeteria, entertained family and friends as children of all ages showed their talents. The night included skits depicting the red carpet entrance, acceptance speeches, famous movie quotes and songs, like from the movie “Enchanted.” Performance Club director L.J. Woodard said, as an actress, she loves the Academy Awards and thought this would be a great performance opportunity.
Supplied photo courtesy of L.J. Woodard
“A Salute to the Oscars” grande finale of “The Witch Doctor” from “Alvin and the Chipmunks” was performed by the entire WBS Performance Club, including kindergarteners through fifth-graders, on Friday, Feb. 29. |
“This is really Wrightsville Beach’s version of the Academy Awards, with a red carpet theme where everyone portrays a current celebrity — everything from George Clooney to Ellen Page … Jack Nicholson to the rats in ‘Ratatouille,’” she said.
The final number was “Hollywood Hopefuls,” with the performers at a bus stop going to Hollywood to become the next big thing. The night ended with the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” song “The Witch Doctor.” Noble Middle School students, who were part of a performance club started there by Woodard for January and February, joined in the performance and for a pre-show at Barnes and Noble on Feb. 21.
The Performance Club holds monthly, non-scripted performances fueled by improvisation.
In December it performed “Happy Feet,” and the focus for March is community service, so the group will be going to nursing homes to perform. In the WBS club, the students do improvisation, creative movements, voice exercises, dance and theater games, and they rehearse on Mondays for grades K-2, and Tuesdays for grades 3-5.
“Our motto is: We are a club that likes to have fun by getting up and being up front, so it’s all about, of course, building up self-esteem,” Woodard said. “But the funny thing about it is they are learning by playing and they are playing by acting. And every exercise develops self-esteem, and every exercise gets them up front thinking in front of their peers. Every group allows them to have some character building.”
If students can’t make it to the club at WBS, Woodard is starting to do Performance Club at the Music School of Wilmington on Wednesdays after school.
Supplied photo courtesy of LJ Woodard
WBS student Alex Eakins, from left, played Regis Philbin on the red carpet while Samantha Woodard and Reynolds Ward filled in as Hollywood starlets at the Feb.<
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