Woodford Primary School students will light up the stage with everything from umbrellas to jellyfish and Star Wars lightsabers on Tuesday.
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Propped Up will include all 200 students from Foundation to Grade 6 using props as the distinguishing feature.
Music teacher Jenny Dowie said this year’s annual production consisted of 15 acts.
“Each act uses a prop and every child from every class is involved in at least two acts,” she said. “This year’s production includes song and dance, light and dark, instruments, stick figures, and even glow in the dark elements.”
Mrs Dowie said props were chosen as the theme for her self-choreographed production because they honed her student’s motor skills.
“I chose props for their degree of difficulty,” she said.
“It’s a step up, it extends their skills by allowing them to think of more than song and dance alone.”
Mrs Dowie said flags, scarves, chopsticks, cups, sticks, hats and backpacks were all introduced into her classes early in the year.
“I was testing the waters early to see if the students had the skills to introduce these elements into a concert,” she said.
“I‘m confident they’ve learned what they needed to.”
‘Variety’ is what Mrs Dowie believes will set their concert apart this year.
“There’s lots to look at on stage,” she said.
“There’s even an act that includes chair drumming.
“It’s a real heart-starter.”
This year’s production is the music specialists’ 23rd production for the school.
“I always try to keep something up my sleeve,” she said.
“A little surprise that keeps everyone guessing until show day.”
“The year I’d say the staff act is something we have never done before and will wow the crowds.”
School principal Daniel Watson said the school community were all looking forward to seeing Mrs Dowie’s production.
“We’ve paid people in the past to help us with these productions,” he said.
“But the school community all love having Jenny as the face of the annual production – we’re lucky to have her.”
Mr Watson said he believed Woodford Primary School was one of only a small number of schools that continued to employ teachers of Mrs Dowie’s calibre.
“Few schools have a music specialist anymore,” he said.
“Music has continued to be a focus of our school’s for a long time.”
Woodford Primary will perform two shows of Propped Up, at 1pm and 7pm, at Warrnambool’s Lighthouse Theatre Tuesday August 29.