Reflection On Too Hot To Handel

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Too Hot To Handel Reflection By: Jordan Opoka

On the 13th of January, the 7th and 8th graders went to the Auditorium Theater to see the performance of Too Hot To Handel. This was a performance about the life of Jesus including his birth, death, and resurrection.

The Auditorium Theater was just like a broadway theater, it was very nice inside. When the show was starting they had a boy come out and read a poem. On stage, I saw a lot of people, some singing, some dancing, some playing instruments, and a conductor leading them all. This was my first time at an orchestra and I thought it was very cool. The music was a jazz theme, I thought it was awesome and unique because they had an electric guitarist. It must have been so hard to

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