60 artsLife | SUMMER 2018
F E A T U R E D P R O G R A M
DISNEY MUSICALS IN SCHOOLS
PROGRAM BRINGS THEATER TO KIDS
WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE MISSED OUT.
BY RANDY NOLES
Seminole County’s Lake Orienta Elementary was one of four schools chosen to participate when
Disney Musicals in Schools made its local debut last year. “This program was the best thing that
could have happened to our school,” says Larissa Hardesty, a second-year teacher who directed
The Jungle Book KIDS. “We now have a culture on our campus that celebrates the arts.”