Students perform 'Bugz'

Fourth-grader Ross Bergman (left) and first-grader Jace Rozeboom perform “Goin’ on a Picnic” Friday in the Luverne Elementary gymnasium during the first- and fourth-graders’ performance of “Bugz.”
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First-graders (from left) Caleb Kracht, Jace Tofteland, Zander Fountain, Myalz Wright, Zoey Smeins, Scarlett Xiong, Landen Frey and Maddux Domagala perform “Goin’ on a Picnic.”
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“Be a Lady” is sung by the Lady Bugs and includes first-graders (front row, left) Kianna Woods, Ashlie Gonzalez, Greta McClure, Ava Sieve, Julia Beyer; (back) fourth-graders Savanah Perez, Cedar Viessman, Elizabeth Wagner and Jocelyn Hart.
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The Bumble Bees perform “It Don’t Mean a Thing” Friday afternoon in the elementary gymnasium during the musical “Bugz.” Pictured (front row, left) are first-graders Nicholas Mann, Fox Forrest, Logan Mann; (second row) fourth-graders Camden Janiszeski, Harley Wendland and Ryan Vos.
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Luverne Elementary School’s first- and fourth-grade students performed the perennial favorite musical play “Bugz” Friday afternoon, April 17, in the elementary gymnasium.

Directed by Beth Capistran and Shirlee Gilmore, the “Bugz” are going to a picnic, and the Lady Bugs, Army Ants, Fireflies and Bumble Bees are preparing for the event.

In a country-style hoedown, the Lady Bugs are in charge of proper etiquette, the Army Ants handle security, Fireflies are in charge of lighting, and entertainment is provided by the Bumble Bees. All efforts are to help the critters rescue the party.

The Stink Bug wants to come too, but will he be invited? The answer is revealed through the performance of five songs’ rhyming dialogue.