Actin’ Out: Hustonville Wax Museum brings out the characters
Published 6:23 am Thursday, March 16, 2017
- Photo by Ben Kleppinger Trinity Franklin performs as “Slappy,” a character from an R.L. Stone “Horrorland” book.
- Photo by Ben Kleppinger Emma Foster portrays Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat.
- Photo by Ben Kleppinger Will Wilson plays a young Jedi while informing attendees about the “Jedi Academy” books and their author, Jeffrey Brown.
- Photo by Ben Kleppinger Devanee Edwards delivers a high-energy performance as “Dog Man,” a character created by Dav Pilkey.
Fifth-grade Hustonville students put on their suits, ties, hats, dog ears, robes and other funny costumes Wednesday as they performed in a “wax museum” project. The day of performances was the culminating event for 52 fifth-grade students in Stacy Johnson’s reading class. Each student chose and researched an author, selected a book by the author, created an informational poster and then chose a character to perform as for attendees. Younger students at Hustonville Elementary, as well as parents and members of the community attended the event, which is held annually at the school.