playing and step dancing! Interestingly, although his song has
remained the same, his character
name has not. Since the brothers
are introduced by age, his character is determined by the ages of
those playing the other brothers.
“I have climbed the ranks to go as
far as the second oldest, Simeon.
This year I got bumped down a
notch to the third oldest, Levi.
Through all the years I have probably have had six or seven character names.” Has Riley ever thought
about doing something else with
his holiday weekend? “I honestly
thought that after my sixth year
I would hang up my sandals and
retire. In fact, about half of the
alumni did make that decision and
didn’t return for year eleven. But
my sister, Katie, was cast as the
Narrator that year, so I wanted to
be a part of that experience, too.
Ten years later she’s still the Narrator and I’m still playing the same
harmonica notes!”
Katie is right behind her brother
with 15 straight years of Joseph,
a distinction she shares with just
one other performer, Christopher
Guell, who is also back this year.
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