Children danced, sang and had a great time Saturday at the "Frozen Adventure" Children's Theater Workshop at Sovereign Majestic Theater in downtown Pottsville.
"These workshops are great because it introduces kids to the performing arts," Sandy Kost-Sterner, an organizer of the event sponsored by the Pottsville Gymnastics and Theatrical Center Inc., Pottsville, said.
"Let it go, let it go. I am one with the wind and sky," sang children from the stage.
They moved their hands and danced around with smiles on their faces.
For $20, children between 5 and 12 years old could explore their creativity and have fun. Several different workshops have already been held starting last fall.
Sixty children from the county, as well as Kulpmont, Hazleton and Hamburg, attended Saturday, Kost-Sterner said.
At first, they sat in a circle and said their first names, how they were feeling and what they enjoyed about the Disney movie.
Popular answers for favorite parts of the movie included the ice castle built by Queen Elsa and the talking snowman, Olaf. Since Olaf seemed to be a favorite character, each child was given a mini Olaf to take home with them represented by three marshmallows in a bag.
The children broke up into three smaller groups and acted out scenes from the movie, sang and did other things associated with the film.
The groups later came together to play a game where a child standing on stage would tell others at the opposite end of the theater when to freeze - stop walking toward the stage - or go. The goal was for another child to reach the stage and become king or queen. Once a child made it to the stage, the game leader would ask what the others in the audience were acting out in their frozen positions. If the answer was not to the game leader's liking, the child who reached the stage would be sent to the back of the theater to try again until a player answered the game leader correctly.
Children also took turns pretending they had the powers from the movie.
"I'm going to pretend I have all this magical power coming out of my hands," Emily Ehlinger, one of the group leaders, said.
"You guys have to make his magical powers really good," Ehlinger said when Michael Spotts, 8, of Frackville, took his turn.
Spotts then moved his hands in different positions and the children did what he instructed.
"Can you make them spin?" Ehlinger said.
When he made a spinning motion with his finger, the children all turned around.
Spotts said he really enjoyed the movie.
"It was actually really great how she made her ice castle and Olaf," he said speaking of Elsa and the snowman.
Amy Stehr, 42, of Pitman, watched from the audience as her daughter, Emma Stehr, 5, participated in the workshop.
"I think it's great. It's wonderful for the kids to get to do this. She loves the movie, and this is her first experience (with the performing arts)," Stehr said of her daughter.