The Tarkio 4th and 5th graders entertained family and friends with the musical performance of “The High Seas: Let’s All Set Sail” at the Tarkio High School Auditorium Friday, April 12, 2024. Pirates, sailors, sea creatures, and mermaids shared their adventures on their way to the Annual Sea-Faring Singing Contest.
Ocean People Hannah Wennihan, Linley Hogue, and JaKaelynn Trimble demonstrate how to row those boats to safety after a shipwreck.
Lyla Walker was an electric eel, one of the many sea creatures.
“The High Seas: Let’s All Set Sail, A Nautical Musical of Sailors, Pirates, Sea Creatures and More!” by John Jacobson and Walter Jack was presented by Tarkio Elementary 4th and 5th graders Friday, April 12, 2024, in the Tarkio High School Auditorium. Directed by Melody Barnett, the pirates, sailors, mermaids, and sea creatures entertained a full house of family and friends. “The sailors are on their way to the Annual Sea-Faring Singing Contest. They are determined that this year they will not lose out to those scurvy pirates and their leader, The King of the High C’s! The pirates are also readying for their journey to the singing contest – singing a rowdy pirate song and doing a pirate dance. They always win because of their incomparable weapon – The King of the High C’s. On their way, the sailors are lured into the rocks by the singing mermaids, who cause a terrible shipwreck. The fish and creatures of the sea rescue the sailors and lead them to a deserted island. The pirates sail right by them on the way to the contest. The pirates don’t feel right about leaving the sailors on the deserted island and return to them to take them along to the singing contest to create a mass choir that will surely win the prize. All ends in perfect harmony!”
Musical numbers included: “A Rowdy Sailor Song”; “Reprise: A Rowdy Sailor Song”; “The Pirate Dance”; “Come Home to Me”; “Shipwreck!”; “Swim Away!”; “Reprise: The Pirate Dance”; and “We Sail.” Performers included: Sailors – Captain Landry Hurst, Captain Vera Hale, 1st Mate Winston Hogue, 2nd Mate Adilyn Bates, 3rd Mate Jakobi Robertson, 4th Mate Eli Lundy, 5th Mate Layla Livengood, 6th Mate Mame Dow, 7th Mate Katie Smith, 8th Mate Carter Corbin, 9th Mate J.J. Rolf, 10th Mate Kennisyn Yost, 11th Mate Lincoln Hogue, 12th Mate Titus Wright, and 13th Mate Cayson Martin; Pirates – Captain Bryar Wennihan, Captain Raiden Baruth, Pirate 1 Tucker Wheeler, Pirate 2 Aliyah Wilke, Pirate 3 Charlotte Wright, Pirate 4 Kennedi Griffin, Pirate 5 Jerald Goodin, Pirate 6 Michael England, Pirate 7 Brinkley Wright, Pirate 8 Jasper Navin, Pirate 9 Jenna Gebhards, Pirate 10 Owen Bruce, and Pirate 11 Hunter Moor; Sea Creatures – Small Fish Gray Klosek, Swordfish Kora Milla-Boomgaarn, Starfish Teanna Adams, Octopus Ella Haler, Teacher Fish Faith Bennett, Seahorse Mikayla Smith, Shark Lexi Caudill, and Electric Eel Lyla Walker; and Ocean People – Genesis Anaya, Saige Dorrel, Rosalee England, Andrew Gladman, LyNora Kimpston, Marlee Ling, Jaina Murray, Leslie Rose, Tayvn Smith, Linley Hogue, Ailee Ohnmacht, Diyan Patel, Jorja Peregrine, Victor Perez, JaKaelynn Trimble, Hannah Wennihan, Alyce Wills, and Evalina Pohan.
