Great Run for Scrooge!

Pictured here is a photo of the Cratchit Family from the dress rehearsal of Harding's recent Homecoming production of Scrooge. As I mentioned earlier, Ian played "Peter Cratchit", Tiny Tim's big brother. The director and production worked very hard not to use up the kids, it was still an exhausting run for the nine children in the cast. Four of the children happened to be in Ian's class so they were all tired on the same days. The play was such a hit that Dr. Burks asked Robin Miller to present it at the meeting of the University Presidents that would be on campus November 8. All the Searcy community were also invited and there was no charge for tickets. It was a great performance and a great way to end the run. One of Ian's highlights was that his dear friend Courtney got to be in the final performance. She was originally in the cast and then became ill and was unable to perform in the Homecoming presentations. Ian can now say that he was in a production with Courtney Wood.

He is still struggling to catch up with school work he missed while he was ill, and the late nights associated with Scrooge didn't help.