Monday, November 21, 2005
A Christmas Carol Weekend
We did our run of "A Christmas Carol" at the Imperial Theatre this weekend and it was a blast! Friday night's show seemed to go really well - and we had a very receptive audience. Saturday was a long one. I was a the Imperial at 11 AM to help Elizabeth get into her makeup. Our first show was at 2PM.
For supper between the shows, I ordered take-out from Ming's. Also, Tina and I took a little walk down to Quality Convenience for a couple of coffees. On our way back, we decided to hang out for a few minutes and watch some of the Christmas Parade. I had come up with a design for the Aliant float, but I wasn't able to stick around long enough to see it. I don't know what it looks like as I didn't have time to help build it over the last couple of weeks. Hmm... I think the parade was filmed by Rogers. I don't get any of the local stations so I'll have to see if I can get someone to tape it whenever it comes on.
The Saturday evening show went quite well with only a couple of tiny glitches. After the show, I went out to Happinez with Colin, Beth, Joanna and Kevin for a bit of wine and good company. It's very small and quite lovely there. It was also really crowded!
The next thing I knew, it was Sunday morning and I still had to finish writing thank-you cards to folks in the show. Basically every spare moment I had between getting up and ending the matinee was spent writing the cards. There were 39 cast members in the show and on top of that there were a handful of crew that I wanted to thank. The day flew by. And oh - the performance was a really good one and we had a very receptive audience. Lots of kids, I think! That was our final performance. Once we returned our costumes we were free to go and get ready for the cast party. As we were returning costumes, we had a nice little treat: Santa came backstage to visit us. It's always nice to see him! :-)
The cast party was a nice one. Bob made a very nice comment about how this show was a non-stressful production, which was nice to hear. He had managed to gather together a very good cast and everyone stepped up tot he plate when needed. It was a mellow party with a bit of dancing, a bit of karaoke and a bit of guitar and singing. There are some amazingly talented singers in the cast!!! The party started at 6 PM and I was home at about 1 AM. I'm still pretty tired this morning and I can't wait to grab a nap. The other thing I can't wait for is a chance to see my kittens tonight!!
Posted by Dre at 8:01 AM
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