And if you're still not in the Christmas spirit quite yet, maybe a Christmas play at the Bliss might speed things along. The children from the Bliss institutes's summer art programme will be putting on a show titled "Di Nite Befo Krismus" a Belizean adaptation with two featured guests. Jomarie Lanza stopped by during rehearsals today and here's what she saw:
The Bliss has put a twist on the Night Before Christmas play. Today a handful of children were rehearsing for the upcoming show, Di Nite Befo Krismus, A Belizean version of the adaptation. Director for the Institute of Creative Arts, Kim Vasquez told us more today.
Kim Vasquez, Director of Institute of Creative Arts
"So starting back in October we had a very successful children's theater experience here we had the nightmare before Christmas. It received really good feedback from the public. Of course, it was also a training exercise for technical engineers from the theater department and so we decided to give it a try again with something this time for Christmas so the public can look forward to all the lights and the sounds and the props and the special effects all the magic of theater and we are bringing to life the night before Christmas the creole version."
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"So what's special about this creole version?"
Kim Vasquez, Director of Institute of Creative Arts
"What's special about this creole version is that we have a cast and a crew. That the cast is made up of our primarily of our summer arts students. The public may know that every year we host a theater arts camp here at the Bliss and we have a couple of older children that have grown up in the camp past through the camp and are still involved in the performing arts and we also have some that are still engaged. Every year the common they get their training in dance, music and theater. and we also have Ozzy who is a good friend to us here at the Bliss he will be playing Santa and we are also pleased to have chairmaine as well who is our lead actress and our story teller who will be bringing the story to loft and everything on here the rest of it is by the staff of ICA and the bliss."
We also got to speak with some of the kids who shared a bit about the characters that they are playing
Aren Baptist, Actor
"I'm excited and my character is aunty Juju I'm a reindeer and I am excited for the thing and you should come out to watch it it's going to be very funny but christmassy."
Tyler Fuller, Actor
"I play Larry the reindeer and I am pretty much excited about it, not too nervous. I've been on stage before and I am not nervous at all."
Kaylee Panton, Actor
"I'm playing the reindeer sparky and basically it's like the second Rudolph. I'm a little bit nervous but I'm excited at the same time there's many things that we are doing. We are also doing choreography, choreographed by my mom and I really like it."
The show also features a popular Belizean figure, Ozzy the clown is also trying his hand at acting, and gets to play Santa Claus in this story.
Reporter
"So you think that you guys are prepared and ready to put on a great show for Thursday?"
Ozzy the Clown, Actor
"Of course we are excited and we want to invite the entire public. You need to come out and see Santa Ozzy. But if you come out there is something for everybody this is a family show mostly based on for children Christmas atmosphere Belizean style working alongside with professional personnel like Ms Kim, Charmaine the people in the background, the theater people who are getting the entire program together the lights, the music everything so i'm excited and I think that what we are putting together will let you laugh a whole lot and you'll feel good when you leave from here. So come on out we are inviting everyone to come on out to the Bliss on Thursday evening at 6:30 you don't want to miss it."
Again, the show premiered this Thursday at 6:30 pm.
