B reak a L eg ! 3 MUSICALS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHOULD WATCH
‘High School Musical’ (2006–2008) Who said you couldn’t be a jock who also loves to perform in musicals? This Disney Channel trilogy follows star basketball player Troy Bolton as he tries to balance his love for basketball and his newfound love for the theater. The movies also have other notable characters going through their own struggles: social pressure to fit in with their usual cliques, and stress about where to go to college and what they will do with the rest of their lives. Everyone in your family can enjoy and relate to these films. You and your loved ones are going to have a blast singing along to these classics for World Music Day.
Music can connect people from all walks of life. It’s something we can relate to and gives us all a sense of belonging. Since June 21 is World Music Day, now is the best time to celebrate music by watching musicals! You and your family can sing along all night long to these fan favorites. Here are some musicals to get you started. ‘The Sound of Music’ (1965) This is based on a true story about the Von Trapp Family singers, a famous group in 1932. Set in Austria in the 1930s, it follows a widowed Navy captain, Georg Von Trapp, who writes to the convent and requests a governess to look after his seven children. A young postulant, Maria, is sent, and during her time there, she opens the family to a newfound love for music. Maria and Georg also find themselves falling in love, but personal decisions and world events may come between them. ‘Grease’ (1978) This classic story takes place in the 1950s and follows Sandy Olsson during her senior year at Rydell High. She meets greaser Danny Zuko over the summer, and he happens to be another Rydell student. Sandy is a good schoolgirl, while Danny is one of the “bad boys.” Typically, these two groups aren’t supposed to hang out, but their love leaves them inseparable. This musical shows the different social pressures within these high school cliques and how they cope with their stress and feelings — through songs! (Parental guidance recommended for children under 15 due to mature themes.)
M eet K ourtney B ernard -R ance A LIFE DEDICATED TO FAMILIES
Even before she joined our Firm, Kourtney was determined to help families in need. When she was younger, her mother worked as an early childhood education teacher at the local YMCA, and Kourtney would often go to work with her. Eventually, she got her first job there as a summer counselor, and the experience gave her a deep desire to help people. Kourtney said, “I felt like I could do this, and do it well. Even working with children at the YMCA as a child … talking with them, sitting with them, and learning that some of them had a really rough go at an early age — I had a bleeding heart for them.” Over time, that desire to help changed from helping children to helping entire families. At first, this led her to pursue an education in child psychology at Montclair State University, and she switched her major to family and child studies (with an emphasis on family services). However, things changed when she took an internship at a child advocacy organization: Advocates for Children of New Jersey. “I worked with a bunch of attorneys there, and it put me on this idea that maybe I actually wanted to practice law. That internship definitely shaped my viewpoint, and I knew this is where I wanted to go.”
In pursuing her passion in family law, Kourtney enjoys that she finds her work completely fulfilling. “I’ve been here almost three years, and it means so much when clients come back to tell me how grateful they are that I helped them. I am able to provide a level of service and help my clients in a way that they couldn’t help themselves. The fact that I can see that return on a weekly and daily basis is definitely rewarding.” As Kourtney continues to work hard this year, she’s also had a tremendous amount to celebrate. In her personal life, while happily celebrating her own second anniversary, she finally got to enjoy her wedding, as the event was postponed from April 2020 due to COVID-19. Kourtney and her husband, Matt, are also the proud new fur parents to their sweet new puppy, Izzy. In her professional life, Kourtney was recognized as a 2022 Super Lawyers Rising Star. Further, Kourtney has been promoted to lead the Firm’s Forsyth office as the Lead Associate Attorney. Under her leadership, the Forsyth Office was voted Best of Forsyth Divorce Attorneys and Estate Planning Attorneys by Forsyth County News!
Kourtney Bernard-Rance has much to celebrate over the last few years she has been with The Manely Firm! In that time, we’ve seen some challenges come our way, especially with the coronavirus pandemic, but Kourtney never wavered. She took each day as it came and worked toward helping our clients and their families.
Congratulations, Kourtney! We can’t wait to see what’s to come!
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