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8-Year-Old Didn’t Throw Away Her Shot To Have A Hamilton Birthday Party
When Aisha Greene’s daughter asked her parents to send her and all her friends to see “Hamilton” (the Broadway musical that won 11 Tony Awards and still has fans scrambling for tickets), Aisha knew it’d be impossible. When her daughter asked for a “Hamilton”-themed birthday party, Aisha decided she had to make it happen.
Aisha’s daughter, Clarke, had her birthday at New York’s Fraunces Tavern, a museum and restaurant, on Saturday. The creative mom took about a month to gather party favors and decorations to reflect her daughter’s love for the musical. At the museum, the kids did a “Hamilton” scavenger hunt and afterward dressed in colonial costumes and touched replicas of historical artifacts. At the restaurant, they did crafts, took photos and sang “Hamilton” karaoke.
The party, which about 27 kids and 25 adults attended, featured black, white and gold balloons (to match the musical’s color scheme), a cake inspired by the show’s playbill, trifolds that featured lyrics and photos from the musical and “Hamilton” goody bags that included paper dolls of the characters and mini U.S. Constitutions. Kids also took home a pad and an American flag pen, so they could write like they were “running out of time,” just like Alexander Hamilton did in the show.
Clarke’s father, Hayden Greene of Greene Light Photography, captured the fun event in all its patriotic glory.
“My part is always simple: make sure Clarke has super images to look back on!” he told HuffPost. “The Greene family is proud to have really good documentation of the kids’ childhood.”
Aisha told HuffPost that her daughter thought “it was the best party ever.”
“I think I’ve bought myself time before she requests to see the play again,” she joked.
She said the other kids, even those who weren’t familiar with the musical, also had a blast singing along and engaging with the scavenger hunt.
Aisha, who lives in Brooklyn, said there are many reasons why her family adores “Hamilton.” The music is “accessible…
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