Story Credit: Earl Horlyk, Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Iowa -- The curtains may be hung on rods instead of a stage proscenium and the high kicks in the "Easy Street" number may be a work in progress, but you can bet your bottom dollar that Hunt A+ Arts Elementary School's production of "Annie Kids" will be ready for showtime.
The musical, an abbreviated version of the Tony Award-winning "Annie," involves the work of eight teachers and features a cast of 42 Hunt A+ Arts third through fifth grade students.
The show, which is being performed Thursday and Friday, is the first production to be stage at the school's new building.
In 2019, the aging Hunt Elementary School -- a mid-city school on 19th Street between Jackson and Nebraska -- was closed and demolished while construction of a building on the same site began.
During the intervening years, Hunt students attended classes in the former Crescent Park Elementary School, 114 W. 27th St.
According to music teacher Jody Nieuwendorp, this year's musical -- an annual tradition -- will be special.