Background happy feet

In my column on Monday, I wrote about Macon native Callie Thompson having a small speaking part in the movie “Happy Feet.’’ It has been No.1 at the box office for the past two weeks.

It’s an adorable animated film about a little penguin who cannot sing (that's how penguins find their soul mates) but instead learns to tap dance.

Callie, 7, now lives in California with her parents, Brett and DeRynn hompson, and her brother, Carr. Both Callie and Carr are aspiring young actors.

I didn’t know which voice to listen for, so Brett e-mailed me with this information:

“Callie plays the background voice of some of the children penguins and one of the little girls in the zoo season at the end. So, she doesn't play a voice of any of the named characters. So, basically, when you see the scenes with the children penguins and the girls at the zoo, she is one of those voices.’’