As the lights dimmed, the students took their place on stage wearing black T-shirts with glitter designs, black artist beret hats, and colorful scarves. The first act of the performance was the book Ish that tells the story of a young artist who loves to draw, but loses his confidence when the drawings are made fun of. It's through encouragement that he learns art does not need to be perfect and uniqueness is to be celebrated. Teachers Rebecca Godinez and Beth Messina 1996 made a special appearance. The second act of the performance was the book Little Happy Dreamer that shares the message of being yourself and to follow your imaginative spirit as no dream is ever too big.

The performance culminated with the musical presentation of the song A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman with Lower School music teacher Rachael Jungkeit on the piano and the students cheerfully singing and dancing with their scarves as props. The students engaged in a brief talk-back where they  were asked what life skills they learned and used to be successful in the performance and how they designed their own costumes. The morning fun wasn’t over as the students and their families headed over to the Dining Hall for the art show and reception.

The art show titled Windows to the Imagination featured three distinct pieces made by the students in art class with teacher Sue Bennett 1973. The pieces connected both their art history lessons on artist Marc Chagall and the performance of the two Peter Reynolds books. Each student had their own display featuring a stained glass window watercolor painting with the student’s initials hidden within, a wooden stained glass window piece with a light to illuminate the colors that the students made during a class trip to the Eli Whitney Museum, and a wooden paint palette depicting dream imagery. It was a true cross-curricular experience with theatre and performing arts, music, and visual arts.