Auditoriums in our area’s schools again are being filled, as our high and middle schools present their annual spring productions.

The presentations offer a great opportunity for relatives, friends and area residents to support our school districts while enjoying the talents of area students.

A look at this year’s schedules has shown a wide range of productions, including “The Secret Garden,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Clue” “Cinderella,” “Footloose,” “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” and “The Enchanted Bookshop Musical.”

Each productions represents the culmination of months and months of hard work from students who learned lines, songs and dance routines.

The shows represent the patience and hard work of the teachers and directors, and of support staff including students and parents and other teachers who helped to get the stages ready, the sets prepared and the costumes just so.

Each performance offers a chance to laugh, to ponder and to simply enjoy the talented students, young people dedicated enough to have sacrificed the time it takes to successfully put on a production.

It is a credit to these schools, these instructors and, especially, these students who put into action the words of Alexander Pope: “Act well your part. There all the honor lies.”

And it is all worth it when the curtains open, the lights come up and the applause rises from an appreciative audience.