December 8, 2007--Pictures of the play

The first night of the play is over. It went really well overall. There were a few minor things, as always. Joy didn't get her mic in time, Abby's fell out of the clip and I was still fixing it for her when the lights came on, one girl threw a shoe during a dance, etc. Overall, though, it was a very nice performace. My kids did very well and I was very proud of them. The dances all went really well, and the audience enjoyed them very much. We got a lot of postive responses. There are still a few tickets left, too, if anyone still wants to go. We are close to being sold out, but not quite. We'll have close to 900 people by the time it's all over. Here are some pictures from the dress rehearsals. The first two are from a scene where Rufas Miller (the main character) is being born. It's a hospital scene, and there are five pregnant ladies in hospital beds singing and dancing with husbands, nurses, and the doctor. The first picture is some of the pregant ladies, the second picture is the fathers doing a little jig across the front of the stage. It was a very funny scene.

Right after the pregnant ladies scene, there is a country dance that I'm in. It has a lot of lifting and fun stunts. My favorite is at the end--I do a forward flip, land right behind my partner, hook my feet over his shoulders, and he grabs my ankles and flips me over my head and I land in front of him. It's so much fun! I"m wearing overalls and a plaid shirt in this one. We're the second couple from the left.

This is the kids' scene. Jay, Joy, and Sarah are in this scene. Joy is in the yellow dress sitting on the fence--she's got a main role. Jay is at the far left, in a plaid orange-y shirt. Sarah is on the right side in the middle wearing a long purple dress and a white apron. Everyone loved this scene, and the kids all did such a good job. They especially like the part where the kids all get together and do their chorus line step.

Erick and I danced in the Hollywood scene, which is when Rufas has a job pushing a sandwhich cart while he's trying to become a star. Here's a picture of the two of us.

Here's a scene with the main character (Rufas) and his wife, Ginger. They are having a picnic lunch and Rufas is singing a song about how he is frustrated with trying to become someone and still being a nobody. In the background, bystanders take off their coats and do circus acts.

Here is the final pose of a 50's dance we did, in poodle skirts. This is the dance I learned this week, since I was taking the place of the girl who hurt her back. I'm in the middle in the front, with the light blue skirt.

This is our hippie scene, with our war protest. This was a dress rehearsal, hence all the smiling faces. We did our best to communicate anger during the actual show. I'm the hippie in the back on the right hand side, with the red and blue shirt and the long blonde hair. The girl in the front is Rufas' daughter, Jennifer, who calls herself "Sunflower".

This is the final livingroom scene. There are actually three of them. I'm the mother in this scene (Rufas' granddaughter) and Abby is my daughter. This whole play is a look at the Christmases past in Rufas' life, as the great-granddaughter of Rufas is looking through his photo album. Rufas, in the livingroom scenes, is old and in a wheelchair, and has had a stroke. In this scene we have Rufas on the far left, Jennifer on the couch with me, and Jennifer's husband, Ricky, is behind her. Next to me on the right is my husband, Erick, who plays my character's husband, Jeff. Abby (her name is Megan in the play) is next to Rufas reading him her version of the Christmas story again.