4th and 5th grade students will be attending Shakespeare's "The Tempest", a production performed by the Piedmont Players of Salisbury. The 4th grade classes will attend on February 18th at 11:30. The 5th grade classes will attend on February 20th at 9:00. 

"The Tempest" recounts the story of King Alonso of Naples and his friends sailing home after the wedding of daughter, Claribel, in Africa. A violent storm, or Tempest, causes everyone to jump overboard and be washed ashore to a strange island. Prospero, a magician, lives on the island and had conjured up the storm. Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, had been put to sea to die with is daughter, Miranda, by his brother Antonio who has ties to King Alonso. The plot is further complicated by Ariel, a comrade of Prospero, and the ugly, half-human, Caliban, who also inhabit the island. There is the struggle for power, favor, and love, but the play ends with repentance, forgiveness, and the calming of the Tempest. Themes of freedom, friendship, repentance, and forgiveness are highlighted in this drama.