Package 3: The Fishbuckets’ Tale
Frau Fishbucket the Teacher of All Things and Frauleine Fishbucket the Teacher of PE live with their children Archibald, Jemima and Maeve in an apartment adjoining the Gloaming schoolhouse. It’s pretty tough to be teachers when your own kids are in your class and for Emeline Fishbucket, the Teacher of All Things, it’s particularly hard because whenever her children become too emotional or excited about something, their red hair becomes magnetic and the children end up sticking to any metal objects nearby. Emeline blames herself, because it’s her own talent for throwing lightning bolts that has led to her children’s electromagnetism. Luckily, her wife Gertrude Fishbucket, the Teacher of PE, is on hand to keep them all in line. Sometimes Gertrude misses the days when they didn’t have to be so strict and she could use her powers to make Emeline fly, but that’s all in the past now. And at least the children are safe.
Cautionary Tale Choreographer Mark Iles teaches choreography for The Fishbuckets' Tale.
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