Richard D. Russell » Athena Hera http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Premiere of “Cupid’s Bow” — a children’s musical http://rdrussell.com/premiere-of-cupids-bow-a-childrens-musical http://rdrussell.com/premiere-of-cupids-bow-a-childrens-musical#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:20:17 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/?p=2951 On February 12, 2013, my musi­cal col­lab­o­ra­tor Emily Clare Thomp­son and I pre­miered a children’s musi­cal, Cupid’s Bow, at the school where she teaches in East Hanover, NJ. The group […]

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]]> On February 12, 2013, my musi­cal col­lab­o­ra­tor Emily Clare Thomp­son and I pre­miered a children’s musi­cal, Cupid’s Bow, at the school where she teaches in East Hanover, NJ. The group of young­sters from Cen­tral School in he East Hanover School Dis­trict gave their lunch hours, recess, and after school time to rehearse and learn the score, and the work paid off for this very tal­ented group of kids.

Emily and I are very proud of this show, feeling it may be our strongest work yet. In the show, Cupid has frustrated the gods of Mount Olympus with his misbehavior. Zeus sends Cupid to a middle school –without his bow and arrow–to mix with the mortals. Cupid is joined by the messengers Hermes and Iris. Along the way Cupid meets Iris, battles Flint, and starts to learn the true meaning of love.

Here are sev­eral pics from the evening — click the pic­ture for a larger view.

The gods of Mount Olympus

Zeus

Athena & Hera

Cupid and Enid

Flint and the Fluries

Flint eggs on Rumer & Raven

Iris, Cupis, Hermes, & Flint

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