Anne of Avonlea Drama Presented By
Covenant Christian Academy Drama Class
March 28,
2006 - By: Gayla Hayes
The Drama Class of Covenant Christian
Academy performed Anne of Avonlea on March
9th and 10th at Hillwood Baptist Church in
Huntsville. Anne of Avonlea was written by
L. M. Montgomery and is the sequel to the
popular Anne of Green Gables. It is the
story of Anne Shirley, played by Andrea
Wilhelm, after she has grown up and become a
teacher at the Avonlea School on Prince
Edward Island, Canada. She is now applying
to Redmond College and has to write an essay
of her life. During the play she looks back
on her life as an orphan and being adopted
by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. We see her
friends in Avonlea and the love she has for
the people in the village and especially her
beloved Green Gables. Many characters such
as Marilla Cuthbert, Rachel Lynde, Diana
Barry and Gilbert Blythe are familiar to
those who have read Anne of Green Gables.
Other characters are new to this story. Anne
has a lively class of students including
accident prone Barbara Shaw, played by
Leilani Hayes of Arab. Another new character
is Mr. Harrison who owns a talkative parrot
named Ginger. The voice of Ginger is Brendon
Young, also of Arab. Brendon is also the
voice of the echo at Echo Lodge and one of
the students in Anne’s class. Other CCA
students in the drama class who have Arab
ties are Noah and Naomi Shell. The play was
delightful and the students did a wonderful
job of bringing this classic story to life
under the excellent direction of Mrs.
Heather Biard.
Covenant Christian Academy drama class is
made up of forty homeschool students ranging
from seventh through twelfth grades. They
meet once a week in Huntsville for their
classes and rehearsals with Mrs. Biard. The
class began rehearsing in January and was
ready for their open dress rehearsal on
March 7th. It will be exciting to see what
play they present for us next year.
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performance...
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