Von Beulow says she has watched children gain confidence from year to year. The first year I see many students in the chorus and before you know it, they've grown and are performing their own number. Stevenson Ranch is fortunate to have a wonderful stage area. We have a real community feeling. At the end of each production, this feeling can be seen when the whole audience joins in with a closing number.
Some parents wait every year to bring their expertise to the talent show.
Charlie Ruffner and Ken Sciase donate lights and set pieces from their studios and Bob Lewis secured lights from Universal Studios. Goetz believes the biggest hero in the whole thing is Nigel Toates, who came back to the school to do all the audio tech. Pat Clancey edits video tapes, which the PTA will sell as a fund-raiser. Other committee members include Sharon Anderson Moore, Pam Bastone, Cindy Borland, Denise Bussjaeger, Tracy Ireland, Sharon Johnston, Kathy Lewis, Ricki Marton, Laura Myers, Sue Parker, Jaynelle Schamber, Marcia Tannehill, Laura Tenney, and Teresa Van Name. I gave this up to raise my children, but I believe the more experience children have performing the better chance they have at expressing themselves later in life.