Day 1475: Dad's 90th birthday

I'm permitting myself to give in to exhaustion today and tomorrow before the next stage begins.  It was really difficult to drag myself out to rehearsal this morning, but I knew we had to get started on wardrobe.  We need an astonishing number of costumes since there are fifty cast members and each one requires several different outfits.  We pulled items from previous shows and I was surprised at how many usable items we have.  Still, we need hundreds more pieces.  Set construction will require far less lumber this year because the sets are simple and it's a good thing.  What they don't spend, we will.

Choreographer RoseAnn, Bob and Anna

I don't know their character's names yet.

Matt has the male lead this year.  I remember when we backpacked together and he sang the entire trip.  He and his friends made up crazy songs including one called "There are no bananas in the sky."

My dad's 90th birthday is today. He's been gone nearly twenty years now.  Last night when we were at the funeral home for a 94 year old lady, I couldn't help thinking how fortunate her family was to have her around for so long.  We would have loved to have our parents for years longer.  He's missed a lot in the past two decades and I'm sure he'd be proud of how his family turned out. 

Miss you, Dad!