The Wiz - Be a Lion

[rdrstar]

This song is nowhere to be found on the internet by Diana Ross. Why is that?

[vivalavieboheme14]

yeeeeeaaa! :) you rocked it girl

[MindlessGiselle]

Is this LVA?

[justinbieberfan9231]

Omg I tried out for Dorothy in my school play (the wiz, not wizard of oz) AND I GOT IT!!! I have two solos and I've never been in a play or performed in front of ppl, so nervousss!!!

[FireofSekhmet]

Sometimes I think about the fact that I'll be auditioning for this role in less than two weeks. Then I remember that I'll never be Raven Thomas.

15 year olds should not sound this awesome. Go home. Just go home.

[JasonEBernard1]

She Looks Like LaChanze! J

[MrDarlldk]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssss she better do it

[MrDarlldk]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssss she better do it

[deeblk07]

She's the 2nd best from Stephanie Mills

[look4menow123]

i love this video im in the wiz too i hope i do as good

[mikeyirish1967]

Ohmigosh, that was gorgeous!  What a spectacular voice on that girl. Goosebumps + tears.

[Cornrish]

SHE's AMAZING!

I am currently directing "The Wiz". Where did you find Dorothy's dress and shoes as well as the Lion's Mane?

[Mamacita861]

PERFECT!!!!

[Yuna4008]

she makes me want to b the lead so baaad

I luv her!!!

[TheChrisflamez]

This girl is just amazing!! Shes got a voice on her i'm sure it'll take her far. Me myself can't wait to audition for LVA so i can be in amazing productions like this! :)

[singeractorboi]

this lil girl gave me chills! that doesnt happen often! BRAVO

[percyrusty]

i like how this gave me chills and not the new version with Ashanti on broadway...ha....this was great!!!

[memetom15]

woooow soooooo cooooooooooool and she can sing (=

[memetom15]

woooow soooooo cooooooooooool

[Stevo5862]

she's amazing!!

[De5Mario]

beautiful just beautiful

[goinginsane2nite]

I played the lion in my wiz play!!! We did it this past january.Your lion looks better than i did

[rscottnia4life]

The production, the set, and especially the cast is absolutely W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L! Thank you Robert John Conner for share this beautiful part of the production, and to the camera-person my hats off for capture an unshakable shot!

[salvodisalvo]

Outstanding performance!

[moncadoodly]

she Can really sing sounds beautiful

[iceboy151]

I hope this 1 dislike was a mistake.

[Rtro80zTn]

Her Voice Is Beautiful!

[bananarockclassic]

dorothy got skills

[cheshirepuss1]

WOW shes good

[TheDionna6]

is their any more videos???? I want to see more from this production it looks like this was on brodway instead of a school performance.

[angelisle]

still a heart warming song :)

[rocknrolldiva3]

her outfit looks kinda like an alice in wonderland dress

also how old was the dorothy when she did this?

[robertjohnconnor]

@rocknrolldiva3 She was 15.

[jenneyefer86]

@robertjohnconnor she looks 10 but sounds 30. amazing. SO good. love it

[goinginsane2nite]

my high school just go done with the wiz in feburary that just passed.I was the lion too!!!!

[nekaballer24]

This is the best on here it brung tears 2 my eyes goooo girrrrrrrrrlllllllllllll... Were about to do this musical an im dorthy i jus keep watchn this OMMGGG>>>>hopefully im good like yu....

[averyellis]

@nekaballer24

where? b'ham?

[fuzzythreatx3]

God has blessed her with a remarkable gift...and BOY DOES SHE KNOW HOW TO USE IT!! She was working it in those heels too! And that lion was belting his heart out.. Great jobs from such young performers

[teencomedy]

MY school put this production on we had one black person

[zaygotsoul]

tore it up. great job

[CandyColors193]

lol I love how when the lion picks her up she just sorta hangs there. Great singing

[lculwell]

Is this a real orchestra playing? Whatever it is it sounds great, definitely much better quality then I'd expect of a youth production.

[robertjohnconnor]

Yes....this production is performed and run by an all student cast, orchestra and production crew. No professional worked the show. We prepared the students.

[RobbyTheSinger19]

She sounds better than Ashanti!!!

[robertjohnconnor]

Thanks...shes a talented young lady...it was a pleasure directing her.

[rawitch]

That was AMAZING, That girl has a Voice and the boy can really belt :)

[skittles2oiu]

ive never heard this song b4 but from the way you sang it...it sounds like a really great song...u jus killed it wit this performance...keep doin ya thang gurl

[JDNightGhobhadi]

This was the very same night I saw her perform. Glad I could find a video on it :)

[MrTezzo]

raven u tight...i got an event i wanna fly u down to next year cuz its too late to schedule u for this year, but keep it up and i miss yall out there!!!

[kambestad77]

check out mine serch Tiffanne LeMay and look at me singing! and thanx!!

[aKaspRep101]

i was there to see her perform and that was thee most amazing dorothy ive seen since stephanie mills.....i love it....good job raven

[Fiyero]

Please upload more!!!

[JoshuaEadsBrown]

Beautiful. One of the best.

[DimonBroadway09]

i miss this! haha.

[dwilson2010]

woo she can sang! lol

[dwilson2010]

i wanna hear her sing home

[billyizkool]

man, i havnt seen costumes like this for the wiz sence the movie. even the broadway costumes are terrible.

[robertjohnconnor]

Thanks.

[AlexTaylorK]

wow! just wow! does anybody know how old she is?? i need to know.. she has an amazing voice...

[ravethomas16]

16 :-)

[evrythngtkn]

LOL it's Raven!! haha

[JULIAANDHAYLEY]

thats was i amazing

[Fiyero]

I'd love to see more of this performance!

[HazelCharlesworth]

You're amazing!!!

And the right age to play Dorothy here!

[snakethejake22]

Can you post the whole show, this is really a treat !!! please

[robertjohnconnor]

Sorry...cant already got one video clip pulled.

[devilshomie]

wow your performances were amazing

[TheDionna6]

@robertjohnconnor what about her singing home???? I loved to hear her sing that.

[DejaVusee]

Girl, you can sing! You were a bit ahead of the orchestra on 'but I'm still waaaarm'...but that's okay...you pretty much nailed it babe.

However...we gotta talk about those shoes! ...Are those PUMPS I see on little Dorothy's feet? When Dorothy reaches Emerald City, I get a feelin' she'll be sneakin' out to hit da clubs! :) Seriously though... wonderful job!

[seanrichspiv]

I thought the same thing about them pumps!! Next thing you know Dorothy will pull out her 'freak 'em dress' to match those damn heels!!! But her voice was on point!!

[phangirl91]

You should post Drew's first song and Tiara's song too! Those two cracked me up!

[porx3]

this is absolutely incredible

[palimenoiskrazy]

omg girl you are amazinggggggggggg

[cougarthespian]

This is AMAZING!!! OMGOMGOMGOMG I absolutely LOVE it

[imsotriedofalltheuse]

This sounds really good. i can see how u use some of halo from beyonce the way she sings it i could here it when u were sayin be a lion i love this u did great gave it all powerful voice...

[ravethomas16]

thanx mr.connor

[ISAIAHLUCAS]

GREAT JOB RAVEN!!! Super talented!!!

[lavoshia02]

this tubby sister you have a very nice voice next time your singing invite me girl lol

[lavoshia02]

awh raven that was so good. you go girl

[BrandiDavis09]

lol oops i didnt mean to say love raven ahah imeant " <3 brandi " sooo yeah

[BrandiDavis09]

aww my cousin is the bomb lol. ilove yu raven ! yur gonna be a star.

<3 raven

[Cortland729]

GOOD JOB RAVEN..I taught you well =] lol

-Cortland

[johoho2006]

Thank you so much for posting these Mr. Connor! - Jeanne Brown