The marching dragon was halfway into its routine, rounding its way onto the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage, when Samantha Parrish called an abrupt halt to the proceedings.
“I hear talking,” she told a group of youngsters. “When I hear talking that’s not supposed to be there, we will start the scene over from the start.”
The command caught the children’s attention.
They quickly restarted the scene, this time with the young actors sitting in rapt attention.
Running a strictly regimented play practice is necessary, Parrish said, because…
Kids prepare for Bowlus show
