Esther

This is my dear teacher friend Esther Nderitu.  If you want to say her family name properly, don't really pronounce the N.  The students still giggle when I say her name.

This was not Dictator Day, or Fairy Godmother Day or Dress-Up Day at school.  She is modeling the props I procured for Class 5's Recitation.  I've mentioned before about Recitation because of choir, but I wanted to give you a sneak preview of Class 5's very exciting concoction.  They are acting out a large chunk of the book of Esther.

This is our very dramatic King Xerxes wearing his crown newly made of Christmas tree tinsel decorated with Stars of David found in a Hindu shopping center.  Yep.  Doesn't he look kingly?

Also starring in the play will be a student named Esther playing herself, a boy named Austin playing the horse, Mordecai, Haman and assorted guards who get to haul him bodily of the stage.

Stayed tuned.  I promise I won't leave you "hanging." (Haha, get it? Haman gets hanged at the end?  OK.  I'm done.)