When this musical season began, I was unfamiliar with the story or cultural impact of Footloose, so I was doubtful. After all, last year's Aida was a dramatic and tragic love story with huge, moving songs. How could a 1980s cult classic compare? Well, the kids really delivered in all the key roles. We worried for weeks, but once they had costumes and full sets, their confidence surged. Friday's performance was near perfect, but there were some problems on Saturday. Kaelyn's microphone broke down, Jared's throat was hoarse from illness and overuse, and he missed a cue cause he couldn't find his skates. But they sounded great and covered for the errors.
On Friday night, it was the best opening night sales of Ben's career and then on Saturday we sold all seats but three. The crowds loved it!
I took over a thousand photos this week and of course, my computer ran out of memory so I was not able to download all my photos till I did major deleting and moving. It's a long term problem I must solve before backpacking season.
The week was jammed with not only rehearsals, preparation and performances, but also backpacking at three schools and we hosted the Friday night adult after party. Rebellion set in today. We did very little today as a counterpoint to the insanity of the week. Slept late, read till noon, snacked, did a little laundry, edited photos and ate out. That's really enough.
Tomorrow, it all begins again. At 10 am, we pick up all the food for Quest at Tops, check the lists, check out, pack the cars, haul it to school, unload and repack in the storage room. Then in the afternoon, we meet with the t-shirt printer. Classes Wednesday and Thursday. No rehearsal till Thursday. Then two more performances for the weekend. It makes me tired just thinking ahead.
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