In today’s first-of-its-kind theatrical performance, Libby Liberty™ (actress Kristen Sharp) reflects on the characters she has played and the kind of character it takes to go from small-town to Broadway and back again. Kristen’s powerful story challenges students to discover their own true character through perseverance, self-esteem, service and … song.
The program is a continuation of the groundbreaking Super Citizen civic education program that has been taught for the past four years in Barbour County. The performance and “American Character” curriculum that is being piloted by Admiral Moorer are all part of Liberty Learning Foundation’s “historic re-energizing of our youth … helping them discover and define their role in America’s future.”
Thanks so much to the sponsors who made today’s emotional event possible:
- First Exchange Bank
- Eufaula Barbour County Chamber of Commerce
- Dixon Lumber Company
- Eufaula Agency
- WestRock
- Eufaula Housing Authority
- Keystone Foods
- Johnson Outdoors
- Barbour County Children’s Policy Council
- Alabama Power
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- Actress Kristen Sharp stands silently as 600 students read her cards and listen to her stories and songs.
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- Kristen Sharp talks about her experience in New York: on Broadway, during Sept. 11, 2001.
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- Kristen begins the job of painting-up to become Libby Liberty™
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- The entire gymnasium gets an up-close-and-personal view while Libby sings.
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- Libby’s leggings
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- It’s not easy being green.
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- Libby puts the finishing touches on her makeup before singing the National Anthem to a pin-drop-quiet crowd. Chills y’all.
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- Now in full costume, Libby Liberty™ takes center stage to sing a spellbinding version of the National Anthem.
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- Libby, who began by saying she had lost, reveals her success by seeing things from a different perspective.
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- Kristen says that while she becomes Libby on stage, it does not change the character she has inside. “So many of us don’t look ourselves in the mirror to see if the character we play is the one we have inside.”
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- Super Citizen Program graduates and those new to Libby Liberty™ enjoyed the songs, stories and took the challenge to become their best selves.
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- Tere Scott, Andy Hinton and Principal Penny Kinsey celebrate the lives of the Eufaula middle schoolers with encouraging words after the program.
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- Tera Scott speaks to the middler schoolers after the program about their importance.
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- Super Citizen Program graduates and those new to Libby Liberty™ enjoyed the songs, stories and took the challenge to become their best selves.
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- Super Citizen Program graduates and those new to Libby Liberty™ enjoyed the songs, stories and took the challenge to become their best selves.
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- Super Citizen Program graduates and those new to Libby Liberty™ enjoyed the songs, stories and took the challenge to become their best selves.
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- The Ambassadors of Eufaula Middle School
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- Libby gets a picture with this very excited student.
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- Reeivice Girtman and Penny Kinsey thank the generous sponsors who make the program possible in Eufaula.
