As we sat in our seats, the 9 of us, ages 10 to 73, were totally unprepared for this once in a lifetime entertainment explosion!!!! As we met each Haygood family member, (5 brothers and 1 sister plus other superb ensemble members) we could not fathom how they could all be so .........
MULTI TALENTED IN THEIR MUSICAL AND STAGE PRESENCE! THEY WERE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO PUTTING ON A SHOW THAT TOUCHED EACH AUDIENCE MEMBER'S SOUL! SO MANY INSTRUMENTS WERE PLAYED WITH SUCH SKILL AND IMAGINATION, EVEN AN INVENTED 3 INSTRUMENT ANDROID PLAYED BY 3 HAYGOODS SIMULTANEOUSLY SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE! THE DANCING AND CONSTANT SURPRISES OF THE WAY THEY ENTERED THE STAGE FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS WERE BREATHTAKING TO BEHOLD. THE COSTUMES MATCHED FOR A SONG SELECTION AND SUDDEN MAGICAL WALK AROUND CHANGES WERE MINDBOGGLING. THE CHOREOGRAPHY FOR EACH EVENT BLEW OUR MINDS, ESPECIALLY THE BOOT TAPPING ROUTINE THAT WAS BEYOND DESCRIPTION! THERE WERE SO MANY SURPISED HYSTERICAL ADDITIONS THAT ONE WISHED THERE WAS A REPLAY BUTTON SO WE DID NOT MISS ANYTHING. THEIR FAMILY STORY SHARED WAS AN INSPIRATIONAL ACCCOUNTING OF HOW DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.
TO APPRECIATE THIS THEATRICAL MIRACLE, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT IN PERSON! WE BOUGHT THE CD TO REMIND US OF ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THE HAYGOODS + THE OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE PERFORMANCES DID.
GRAMMA SHELLEY AND FAMILY