Taking Your Family to Performances

Do any of you focus on taking your family to performances? Matt and I are not really performance goers. However, we have made it a family goal for the past couple of years to go to at least two a year. We always enjoy it!

We went to a dance recital earlier in the year to support an acquaintance of ours. This time around, we chose a performance of Rosita y Conchita at the Scottish Rite Theater (based on this book).

Honestly, I thought this might have had to be our last performance. Henry did not want to go at all. It erupted into a major fight. I offered to let him stay home alone (he’s 8) or come with us.

In the end, he came. And in the end, he loved it. As we were walking out, we stopped to talk to one of the employees. She explained that the performance of A Christmas Carol was going to involve a snow machine. Henry said, “We should definitely come to that.”

Tate was on the edge of his seat the whole time—mouth agape—which is exactly what he did at last year’s performance of Little Red Riding Hood in Wimberley.

What has been your experience with taking your family to performances?