What a good time we had last night! It was LAMB's Purim celebration, and many memories were made. First impression: what an amazing number of girls were sporting Esther/Hadassah costumes! Of course, what young lady wouldn't like a celebration that EXPECTED one to dress up like a queen??
Ah, what a special bunch...don't you think??
One of my favorites for the night: Tom as "Osama ben Haman". Neither the beard or the crocs are part of the costume...those are just part of who Tom is. :) Here he was asked to read a portion of the book of Esther. We sat for a reading of the entire book, which would seem like a time that the kids might get bored...but not when they are listening for the names of different characters so they can respond to the reader. When King Ahasuerus' name was read, the audience yelled out "G-d bless you!", Esther's name brought "Awwwww!", the mention of Mordecai brought the cheers of "Hurrah! Yay!" and the name of Haman was drowned out with noisemakers and boos and hisses.
This is the children's dance that Miss Mary directed. They practiced for weeks on this, and did really well.
The older teens had their own dance.
The costumes are judged...
...and the prize goes to "Jonah", leaving these Esthers/Hadassahs/Vashtis left to hope again for next year.
Moo was in the 13-18 category, and initially her competition was Queen Vashti and the Roman Centurion of great faith.
Then more teens slowly made their way up to the front...yes, a couple more Esthers...
...and one King Xerxes. As much as I was pulling for the redhead, I was okay with the prize going to the Roman Centurion. After all, it takes guts for a guy to wear a skirt, even if it is a cool centurion skirt. *snicker*
In the adult category, the Page and Turner families got past the "biblical character costumes only" policy on a technicality. You see, they look like they are "Fruit of the Loom", while claiming to be "Fruit of the Spirit". Love them.
Speechless.
The party ended with a hysterical version of "pin the nose on Haman".
Here is a video of the girls' dance that Miss Mary taught them:
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