Going to attempt to do this from work again. As you can see from this picture, these kids are just not excited to be there. Not sure why and I don't really recall where we were. I think this was a show they had been invited to and we were having a snack, but I don't really remember.
Wonder what this is going to look like in the blog.
I am going to tell the tale of Maeghan's show. I might have some other things to say but this was the exciting news from a few months ago and it needs to be told.
Maeghan was in a play. That's about it. Didn't take as long as I thought it was going to. Maybe I can get home to have some dinner now. I did enjoy telling it and it did take us on an adventure. I especially liked the part where she road the motorcycle. That was scary. I suppose there are only two ways to describe it. With the cheese left in or with more snow. Guess it doesn't really matter. Both are excellent stories.
The school Maeghan goes to does a big production number every year. It is advertised all around and attracts a sell-out crowd for about eight straight nights. This is the first year Maeghan was in it. It is not really part of any class she takes although she does get some kind of credit in Drama class but I am not sure what. I think that is an extracurricular activity at the school. They do about 80 hours of rehearsal over about a four month period, some of it on the weekends, so it takes up a lot of time. Maeghan would go to school in the morning and near the end, when they were doing dress rehearsals, she would have to be picked up at 9 in the evening. That was for the whole last week. They would feed them but mainly it was the leftovers from the days cooking class so it was hit and miss whether it was edible or not. They did have pizza on a couple of the days but it was paid out of someone's budget, the band I think, so that did not happen very often.
The play they did was Singing in the Rain. I thought I had never seen that movie, or so I thought, but when I saw the play, I knew most of what they were doing and most of the songs so I am thinking I have seen it and just didn't know that is what I was watching. It was pretty good, excellent in fact, and there are a lot of tales to tell about what they did and what went on, but I probably won't get to them as I am still getting old and I forget a lot. Plus, it is about time I went home, so I might have to cut this short and continue another day.
Maeghan played some doctor in the play. She didn't have any solo scenes but she had a lot of dialogue to do. I don't really recall who the doctor is in the play and I believe the part is actually a man but Maeghan did it and I would say she was about the fifth or sixth star of the show. Don't really know but she had a lot of lines, more than most except for the actual stars of the show.
Speaking of the stars, there are three of course, or I think there are three main ones. I am forgetting what each role was but the main star was very, very good. He could sing, he could dance and he could act. He was good. The female lead was good also but her songs were not as good. She could sing very well but she did not have a lot of songs by herself. The third lead, can't remember what he was or who he was supposed to be was more of a comedic actor than an actual singer. He sang a few songs but never alone and his parts did not last long. He wasn't bad but I have no room to criticize anyone as I can't sing at all. He was good in the role. Probably better than the star but his was a secondary role to the star of the show and he was just too good for anyone to compete with.
We didn't really like the secondary lead although I don't expect you are supposed to like her. She did do the accent very well and never broke character, she just was not very likable. Several others were not as good, all secondary characters.
And then we get to Maeghan. While Maeghan never got to sing in anything other than a group, she did have some important lines and was on the stage for a lot of the show. Mostly, sitting in a chair in the background or maybe as part of a crowd. Apparently, a couple of the characters blew their lines or were not on stage when there were supposed to be but we were told Maeghan handled it so nobody knew. It didn't happen in the show we saw but in one or two of the other performances. They did eight all together. We saw the final performance.
Two of Maeghan's friends were also in the show. Her best friend and the one whos parents run the acting shows in Huonville. Maeghan had the only real part. Her best friend had gone to rehearsal at some point and they put her in the crowd scenes. She didn't really have a part. Her other friend was one of the reporters and had a couple of lines. Maeghan had about thirty lines in three different scenes. She was also in two crowd scenes but not as her character.
One thing I have to say about the other performers is the band was spectacular. My comment to everyone was there is no way this was a high school band. They were great. They sounded good, they were always on stage and they never missed anything. They did a medley at the end while the actors got ready for the final curtain calls and they got a standing ovation. These people were great.
Sad to say, this is where I have to leave off this entry. I still have the stories of all the after parties and the final story of what happened in the state government parliament meeting, that was on TV, but I will leave that as teaser for next time. It is time for me to go home. Way past my bedtime, too.
So,
Until next time
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