Another Night of Theater

Saturday the 23rd was the final night for Sam and her 7th grade classmates to perform their play. A correction to earlier post - the title of the play is actually "Final Dress Rehearsal." Another cheery performance by the cast.

Not being a regular live theater goer, I can imagine that it may be a bit difficult to watch the same play on consecutive nights, and some families there may have seen this four times as there were two classes performing the same play. This being light comedy some of the punchlines were not getting the crowd reaction comparable to the previous night, especially during the fourth performance. But the cast did not notice and put full energy into their act.

Afterwards another round of high fives for all, and then the cast and crew headed out to IHOP for a post play get together. Samantha says she asked their waiter for the wine list while ordering. That's a pretty short list at IHOP.

Sean pulled up sick Saturday right as the play was ending. On the way we had to pick up Tory who had been baby sitting for some friends we know from our church. After getting him we got Sean and Tory (ever hungry) a Panda Express bowl, and evidently Sean's had some chicken in it setting off major allergic reaction. We hustle back to the house and she downs a benadryl. We watch a movie, Aragon, I pick up Sam at IHOP near 11:30 and go home.

Sean looks as if she's recovered by the time I get back from church Sunday a.m., but it seems she gets an aftershock or two periodically over the day.

I Love Legitimate Theater

Sam's 7th grade class performed their play tonight (2/22) titled "Curtain Call." In short, it was a play within a play, the trials and tribulations of putting on a dramatic production. The inside play was "Cinderella", and Sam's character played the Fairy Godmother. Her big moment comes when she appears to do magic for Cinderella, but couldn't find her wand, and instead is forced to use a gaudy yellow pinwheel that looks like a big sunflower. Sam makes easy light work of her part, dancing around a bit at one point during her incantations.

Sam and her classmates look to be having a good time. No one seemed nervous and no gaffes occurred, that I could tell. Although at one point the Authoress is on stage speaking and it looked like her pearls came loose from around her neck and began to clatter on the microphone. It reminded me of a scene from the movie "Singing In The Rain". The actress gathered the loose strand into her hand without missing a beat.

High fives for everyone after it was over tonight, big smiles. One more performance tomorrow afternoon and the final curtain falls.