Last night, as we waited for the kids to eat and get their make up and hair done, Ben put on the 1997 version of Bye, Bye Birdie. Our productions have come so far. Each year, the team of directors, producers and contributors work to improve the show in some way. In those early years, the vocals were always outstanding, but now we've added dancing, spectacular sets, sophisticated lighting and an improved sound system. Our shows are so professional now compared to those days.
It was wonderful to see Colin perform as Randolph after so many years. He was a bit flat, but a good actor. One of the kids asked me how old he is now and I said 30. He was an eager, skinny 13 year old when I started helping out with that show and I've now gone a full cycle back to the same show. I got thinking. Why am I still doing this? Kay asked pointedly how long we will continue to work on the musical. Good question. What do we want our next 10 years to look like? How do we want to spend our time? Definitely with kids. But certainly more time with our kids. And less time with snow! There is much to contemplate.
A foot of heavy wet snow fell since last evening. We hope it's the last snowfall of the season!
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