As Niko Powers rehearsed last Friday morning alongside his fellow fourth grade classmates for the performance of their musical this Thursday evening, he felt ready for parents and guardians to watch their work come to life.
For Powers, the 9-year-old writer of the musical’s script and its nine songs, the night of the performance brought extra excitement. He stepped outside of the school’s performing arts center and listened to his classmates as they sang and rehearsed with their theater arts teacher.
“Everybody’s doing it, and it’s looking good,” he said with a bright smile…