Rock Odyssey

Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, for a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. The show is in its third year and is part of the center's education program, will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Odysseus, far right, played by Donovan James Carey, and his men, battle the Cyclops, center, played by Philip de la Cal, by being cleaver, and trying to feed him, as thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts' John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, for Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. The show, in its third year, is part of the center's education program. It will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Spellbound fifth graders enjoy a free live performance of Rock Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey will thrill over 26,000 students from local schools this year. The show is in its third year and is part of the center's education program. It will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Odysseus, center back, played by Donovan James Carey, tries to lead his men home, in Rock Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, for a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. The show is in its third year and is part of the center's education program, will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Penelope, center, played by Amy Miller Brennan, is surrounded by her suitors, in Rock Odyssey, Thursday, Septmenber 22, 2011. Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, for a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, to watch a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. The show is in its third year and is part of the center's education program, will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Athena, left, played by Renata Eastlick, and Hermes, right, played by Joshua Dobarganes, play a game of "Go Fish," with the life of Odysseus, during Rock Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall to enjoy a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Odysseus, left, pretending to be a beggar, played by Donovan James Carey, defends his queen, Penelope, right, played by Amy Miller Brennan, during a free performance of Rock Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey will be seen by over 26,000 students from local schools, now until September 30. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
In the end Rock Odyssey's happy family is re-united, from the left, Telemachus, the son, played by Robert Johnston, Penelope, the queen, played by Amy Miller Brennan, and Odysseus, king, played by Donovan James Carey. Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, for a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. The show is in its third year and is part of the center's education program, will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, right, high-fives students just before Rock Odyssey is to begin, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders packed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, for a free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Thousands of Miami-Dade fifth graders leave the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, after their free performance of Rock Odyssey - a rock 'n roll musical based on Homer's Odyssey, Thursday, September 22, 2011. Over 26,000 students from local schools will see the show this year. The show is in its third year and is part of the center's education program, will run until September 30, with a special performance, open to the public, during the Center's free Family Fest on October 1. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF