{"id":310,"date":"2006-12-16T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-12-16\/310"},"modified":"2007-06-30T20:04:42","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T11:04:42","slug":"anthony-the-star-of-his-school-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-12-16\/310","title":{"rendered":"Anthony The Star of His School Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div style='left: 83px; height:264px; width:574px; position: relative; z-index: 1; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px'>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pagent-star.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"264\"\nid=\"img479_1\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; left:0; top:0; display:block\"\/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pagent-star-overlay.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"264\"\nid=\"img479_2\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; left:0; top:0; display:none\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\nspan.b479 { padding: 6px; border: gray 1px solid }\n<\/style>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n function OnMouse479(num)\n {\n   document.getElementById('img479_'+num).style.display = 'block';\n   document.getElementById('img479_'+ (num == 1 ? 2: 1)).style.display = 'none';\n }\n<\/script>\n\n<p> This morning, Anthony's preschool had <span class='nobr'>a Christmas<\/span> service, which\nincluded the kids (aged 3-6) putting on a &#8220;pageant&#8221; depicting the Christmas\nstory. <span class='nobr'>The older<\/span> kindergarten-aged kids did <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of speaking roles and\nother complex things, while the younger kids like Anthony had less\nchallenging tasks. <\/p>\n\n<p>Anthony was the star. Or, at least, <i>a<\/i> star, lighting the way for\nthe three kings. <span class='nobr'>He wore a<\/span> star hat, and made &#8220;twinkling movements&#8221; with\nhis fingers above his head. <span class='nobr'>If you use<\/span> your imagination, you can <a\nhref=\"javascript:return()\" onmouseover='OnMouse479(2)'\nonmouseout='OnMouse479(1)'>see Anthony on the far right<\/a> in the picture\nabove. (<span class='nobr'>A crop<\/span> taken from <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> video of his shining moment <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> with\nmy point-n-shoot camera from my seat at the back of the room.)<\/p>\n\n<p>Some of the youngest kids got to be sheep, crawling around on their\nhands and knees and making sheep sounds. That was the cherry role for the\nyoungest kids, and Anthony wanted to do it as well. <span class='nobr'>But we told<\/span> him that\nsince he was so tall, they needed <i>him<\/i> to be <span class='nobr'>a star,<\/span> and with that he\nwas happy to be <span class='nobr'>a star.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>The tallest kid in his class is Monet &mdash; third from the right in\nthe picture above &mdash; <span class='nobr'>a cute<\/span> kid that can have the most angelic of\nfaces. <span class='nobr'>I have a<\/span> shot of her that I've been looking for an excuse to post,\nso maybe <span class='nobr'>I will<\/span> tomorrow. Besides their height, she and Anthony have the\ndistinction of being the only native English speakers in their class.<\/p>\n\n<p>Members of the audience could take videos, as <span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a bit,<\/span> but\nphotography was disallowed. They probably meant to disallow the use of\n<i>flash<\/i>, but since so few people know how to actually control their\ncameras, it's easier to just lay <span class='nobr'>a blanket<\/span> ban. Sigh.<\/p>\n\n<p>There were professional photographers who will provide photos for sale\n(they do this for all the events, such as the <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-09-24\/250\">sports day<\/a> in the summer). <span class='nobr'>The main guy<\/span> had a <b>huge<\/b> lens mounted on <span class='nobr'>a tripod,<\/span> a <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.cameraquest.com\/nf3002.htm\">Nikon 300mm f\/2<\/a>. This\nthing can probably pull in more light than the Hubble telescope, and likely\ncost as much.<\/p>\n\n<p>I didn't realize how rare it was at the time, or <span class='nobr'>I might<\/span> have asked to\nhave my picture taken beside it because it's apparently extremely rare,\nhaving cost about $30,000 when new 20 years ago, with only <i>about 300\never made<\/i>. Wow. Fumie asked me this evening what <span class='nobr'>I want<\/span> for Christmas.\nHmmm.......<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> This morning, Anthony's preschool had a Christmas service, which included the kids (aged 3-6) putting on a \"pageant\" depicting the Christmas story. The older kindergarten-aged kids did a lot of speaking roles and other complex things, while the younger kids like Anthony had less challenging tasks. <\/p> <p>Anthony was the star. Or, at least, a star, lighting the way for the three kings. He wore a star hat, and made \"twinkling movements\" with his fingers above his head. If you use your imagination, you can see Anthony on the far right in the picture above. 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