He hates it, as does his best buddy Michael (who is far more open about his own identity), and the two do their best to refrain from socking each other’s lights out.īilly is asked to stay longer one day, and is instructed to turn in the keys to a Miss Wilkinson, the local ballet teacher tasked with turning a bunch of giggling girls into young ladies of the dance. Billy’s father and older brother join the strike in solidarity, and Billy, whose mother died a few years prior, is part of the local boxing club (to which all good blue-collar boys belong). It’s a brief but powerful history lesson to watch firsthand the gritty protesting of miners afraid of losing what had been a booming post World War II industry. The film Billy Elliot was released in 2000, set during the 1984-85 denationalization of the coal industry by then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
BILLY ELLIOT ANCHORAGE PROFESSIONAL
Starring a professional cast that includes local dancers from Alaska Dance Theatre, Billy Elliot the Musical is not an easy show to see, but one that captures beautifully the conflict between parents and children, workers and government, and the individual identity of each. Somehow spanning the yawning chasm between childhood and adolescence with enough vigor to cause a clenched fist or two in the crowd, yet retaining the tenderness of a little boy missing his mum, Billy Elliot is a masterful production to which parents of tweens and teens should rush, particularly those with boys. That’s Billy Elliot the Musical, showing through Sunday at the Alaska Center for Performing Arts and brought to Alaska by the Ancorage Concert Association. Oh, and let’s add the desire to dance in the ballet, despite a family’s adamant opposition and a teacher’s equally-determined support. What tween or teen hasn’t looked in the mirror and been confused by who stares back? I certainly was, and I can be pretty certain my 12 year-old is about to join the party of near-adolescent-fueled emotional angst.Ĭouple this developmental milestone, however, with the pain of losing a parent and the double stress of violent unrest in one’s community due to the loss of livelihood, and you’ve got a set stage for conflict. The world’s gray enough without making it worse what we need is individuality.” ~Expressing Yourself, Billy Elliot the Musical Ten grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.“Everyone is different it’s the natural state. He is survived by, Mark (Marcia), Jeff (Chitill), Chris (Judy), Phillip and David (Jill). The “Badger Boys” were at his side over the many years to his final day. His reach for excellence gave his sons a standard to achieve in their lives. He retired after serving honorably for 26 years and joined the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company team for several years before starting a permanent motor homing life in Alaska and Outside.Billy was a strong family man, along with Sharron raising 5 boys in Alaska.
His love for Alaska kept him returning for further assignments at Fort Wainwright, Fort Richardson and UAF’s Geophysical Institute Poker Flats rocket facility. During this assignment he fell in love with Alaska and her frontier lifestyle. In 1962 he was stationed at Fort Wainwright where he protected the skies over Fairbanks, Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright during the Cold War. Immediately thereafter he was selected to serve as a Warrant Officer and again quickly rose through the ranks to earn the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 4. He rose through the ranks and achieved the rank of Master Sergeant in only 12 years. He was at the top of his class in all of his professional development courses and received numerous awards and decorations for excellence. 50 caliber machine gun, Skysweeper 75mm Air Defense anti-aircraft gun, Nike Ajax anti-aircraft missile and finally the nuclear capable Nike Hercules anti-aircraft missile. He served as an Air Defense Artilleryman and mastered the Quadmount. He returned to civilian life but missed the mission orientation of a soldier's life and again enlisted in the army. At Cannelton (IN) High School he met his wife-to-be, Sharron Ann Kinghan, fell deeply in love and remained married for 68 years until her death in 2019 in Anchorage.In 1951 Billy was sworn into the U.S Army and served honorably for two years. Badger was born in Cooter, Missouri in 1930 and grew up in Southern Indiana along the banks of the Ohio river. Badger passed peacefully surrounded by his 5 sons and family.
Badger, died at the Anchorage Pioneer Home on April 26th, 2021, at the age of 91. Billy O Badger Chief Warrant Officer 4 (Ret.) and longtime Alaskan, Billy O.
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