South Pacific

Well, I just got in from rehearsal. Things are coming along well. The director is able to give notes now because he isn't having to run around and stop things all the time to correct them. I am getting a lot of notes. I still have a lot of work to do and I need to learn to take the criticism with grace. Tonight he said something about my vibrato, the way the voice shakes when you hold a note, and I got a little sensitive about it. There is one little bit of music that I felt I could do a little more on but he didn't like it. Basically, musicals are not the way I was trained so sometimes I get a little huffy about it. It is just me being stupid. I didn't say anything to him about it, but I drove home with hurt feelings. I need to not take it personally.

Here is a back stage picture I took while I was getting ready to go on stage. As you can see we are still working on sets, we are not in costumes and we have no orchestra...yet. We start with the orchestra on Saturday and the costume on Sunday. So things are happening rather quickly.

I am really enjoying getting to know the cast. It has been great meeting all the new people.



Daniel called again on Monday. We got to talk for a longer time. I was very thankful. He is busy doing the same thing he always does, making sure people get where they need to be and get what they need when they get there; the logistics guy... I know that is putting what he does in a nut shell, but if he tells me more he'd have to kill me....haha yeah right. I am glad his job is not secretive.

I am planning a trip to the Humane Society on Friday with my friend Amaya. We are in search of cats. We have both been talking about doing it for so long. I finally called her up and said lets go this Friday. We have it set up and we are ready. I may have a picture of an adorable cat to put up next time I blog. I hope so. I saw a cat today when I was driving in a neighborhood. I just love them! I get all silly around them and want to purr and chat with them. I like dogs too but my heart goes out to just about any and every cat. I am excited!

More exciting news! I became an AWANA Leader today. Yes indeed, AWANA, Approved Workmen are not Ashamed. One of the best programs in churches for children ever. If you have not heard of it, it is a scout-like program for children in kindergarten and grade school to memorize Bible verses, learn Bible stories and basically learn more about the Bible. Today I helped a little girl memorize the books of the Bible and a little boy memorize1 Peter 5:7. If you are thinking about having children, you already have them or know people with kids, find this program in a church. Looking back on my childhood, this is one of the best things I ever spent time on. It is better than all my music studies combined(even though I highly recommed that for kids too!) You learn so much about the Bible and the best part is, you remember it! The knowledge gained is priceless. Anyways, I will stop ranting about it.

So you can see why I am excited about being a leader. I was able to connect with the kids today. Some of them even looked for me at the end to introduce to their parents. I was delighted. Another beautiful thing about the program is that I still know all the songs we learned. I was singing along with the kids during the learning time. I loved it. Over the years they have not tried to update the songs just because they are old. They are poignant and easy for children to learn. Every Wednesday at 3:15 I will be at Faith Baptist with the kids. I look forward to it.

Well, I am going to go read some before I hit the sack. Thanks for reading this is you did. I kind of went off there for a little while...

Much Love!