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Article: PRODUCTION MAKES KIDS ``THINK TWICE'' ABOUT OPERA.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 16, 1997
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Byline: FRANK ROBERTS ,STAFF WRITER
SUFFOLK -- The fourth-graders composed the music, wrote the story and lyrics, and built the footlights and sets. Now the Northern Shores Elementary School youngsters are ready to stage their opera, ``Think Twice or Pay the Price.''
Its themes: jealousy and forgiveness - with a little soccer kicked in for good measure.
It's a soap opera created when a little boy loses his position on the soccer team to a new girl in school.
In a spoiled snit, he plots to get her in trouble. She's benched, he plays, and the team loses.
But there is a happy ending. Feeling guilty, he confesses, and she ...