Carter Minor bounced his shoulders up and down to the beat of “Keep on Rollin” during a recent musical rehearsal.
The New Albany High School sophomore was recently cast in his high school’s production of Smokey Joe’s Café – a spring musical that he didn’t think would even happen because of COVID-19.
“I really enjoy doing musicals and I’m happy they found a way to do it,” Minor said. “It means there’s some normalcy with what’s going on.”
Everything from school performing arts to classes such as physical education, music and art have been altered because of the pandemic. But as the saying goes, the show (or class in many cases) must go on, said several educators.