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[benjackson]

To the Aladdin cast and crew who visited Horsham West Primary School
on 8 October 2009,

I am writing to commend you for delivering a fantastic performance.
The sets and costumes were beautiful, the acting was wonderful, and
music choices were superb. To the two male cast members I saw playing
basketball with the grade 5/6 children before school, thankyou for
being fabulous. I adored the way you interacted with the students,
especially when they told you that you were too tall to play with
them- you crouched down and kept playing! They loved it and so did I!
Not only did you both play with the students, but during question
time after the performance the character who played the Sultan
addressed a student he played basketball with that morning by her
name. It was brilliant that not only did you spend time with the
student, but you also managed to connect with her by remembering her
name. I wish I could have met the people from your company who came
to the school- you must all be lovely people and completely different
to the AFL stars and ‘handlers’ that came to the school a few weeks
prior to your visit. The AFL stars were okay, but the people I call
‘handlers’ were terrible, not only speaking in an abrupt manner to the
students but the players as well!

I look forward to seeing another of your performances next year when,
hopefully, I will be working full-time as a teacher. Please pass this
email on to all of the cast and crew of Aladdin, especially the
basketballers.

Megan Ryan,
Student Teacher.

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