My flight is at 6 am...layover in Atlanta...and arrival in Charlotte is around noon. It will be a week long, partially spent at home spending dear time with my family, getting to see Matthews Playhouse production of Les Miserable the school edition (with the set designed/built by my sister and a bit of help) practicing/recording a special project with my brother, and I will also be in Greenville, SC for my graduation rehearsal/ceremony Friday and Saturday. It's exciting getting to go back, although I've been out of the loop with my friends there at BJU, due to finishing my requirements early in December. I cannot believe that I'm going to be wearing a cap and gown, walking across the FMA stage, receiving a diploma that will state my earning of a degree. It was a running joke in my family that I wouldn't complete big academic things in life, because my older sister and brother completed every single one of the AWANA books, while, I, the wayward child, didn't even get close. There were sighs of relief when I graduated from high-school, and gasps of unbelief when I actually finished college early. Mom was convinced that I was going to elope and never finish ;). Wonder what the reaction will be if graduate work is pursued?
Anyhow, there is such a calm feeling inside knowing that I'm going to see my dear family and friends very soon. I hope the week goes by very slowly. :) Definitely looking forward to a change in temperature.....
This past Thursday I went to go see Ragtime the musical at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. It's an absolutely beautiful theatre. It's one of Chicago's top theatre companies. Big stuff. The show was so lovely to watch. My mom, sister, and I saw the revival of Ragtime on Broadway back in November, so I knew what was coming at me in the heart wrenching story that it is. The cast was phenomenal. Bravo bravo bravo to them. The man who played Coalhouse Walker, Quentin Earl Darrington, was actually the same one who played the role in the Broadway revival that we enjoyed. It was great to get to see him perform again. The music is fantastic. One of my favorite songs from the musical is "Back to Before".
Sunday afternoon a friend from work and I went to see A Tale of Two Cities the Musical at Jedlicka Performing Arts center, which is actually the show that I mentioned in a way earlier post that I auditioned for. My good friend Austin Cook was a lead--Dr. Alexandre Manette--and he was able to get us comp tickets. Yay for free shows! The show had extremely talented people in it, and it was such a pleasure to watch. The music was gorgeous. There's amazing solos/duets in the score. It's has a grand epic feel very similar to Les Miserables. The show was actually on broadway for a little bit back in the fall of 2008, but the economy hit broadway hard during that time. It really needs to be back in NYC, and I have a feeling that they will put it back where it belongs.
After the show I rushed back to gather my thoughts/get gorgeous for the audition for Emerald City Theatre company which performs for children/young audiences. To tell you the truth, I wasn't motivated at all. It was for the upcoming season, and I wasn't sure what I'd be doing at that time. While trying to decide what to wear, I suddenly remembered that my sister brought my red patent leather shoes when my family visited back mid-march AND that the company is doing The Wizard of OZ in their season. So proud of myself, I threw an outfit together to compliment the shoes, and scurried to the audition. First words out of one of the ladies' mouths "I just love your red shoes!" Yep. SCORE! :) The director of the show took a look at my resume and said how funny it was that I was in the Mikado, and I graduated from BJU, because he was in the Mikado at BJU back in 1999 on tour with the Gilbert and Sullivan Players from NYC. So incredible. I'd love to be a part of the G&S NYC players someday. Concerning the audition--it went pretty well. I was just happy to be in fun red shoes. I sang part of "Green Finch and Linnet bird", and my monologue was from Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill. We'll see if anything happens :).
Fun happening this past weekend...Saturday night I worked at the floor 103 Skydeck gift shop. It was a slow day due to 0% visibility. As evening settled in, it began to clear up somewhat. Soon after, we started to see clouds zooming by at unusually fast paces. Rain occasionally spattered up against the windows, and the clouds continued to swirl around the skyline. It was quite a sight to see! It got a bit creepy as the building began to jolt a tiny bit as tall buildings do in windy weather. When it does get very windy like that, the skydeck has to shut down the main elevators, because their cables shake and could get twisted...not a pretty happening. They had to close the skydeck, and all of the workers plus the girl scout troop, and a few other visitors all had to walk down the stairs a floor and ride the huge freight elevator. For safety reasons, the freight elevator can only go 10 floors at a time. Guess what beloved game I thought was going to be started by the girl scouts? "Are we there yet?!" After hearing it once, I thought, "Oh no...". Thankfully they didn't continue it :). We got to go home early that night! 9:00pm instead of 10:15!!
Random facts of work at the skydeck:
It's adorable when grandpa-aged men take their own nice pen out of their pockets to sign receipts just at the time I hand them our pens to sign.
I continue to love it when foreign guests have no clue what the American coins are and they hold out their hand full of change for you to pick out what change they need.
You see beautiful sights every day at work. Even on 0% visibility days on floor 103. It's still so similar to being on a cruise, except you don't get to spend a few days to get to know them. Just a quick conversation about their experience in Chicago to melt from their accents. Then they go on their merry way.
I had a special meeting with the directors at work today. My coworker friends were a bit worried and hoped that everything was ok, but they knew from my happy appearance that it was. Work newsflash will come soon. ;)
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