So we're here at Brenau again, waiting and waiting. This is the production process, long waits for short performances and then it's all over with. Daddy sits up here in the balcony of Pearce Auditorium, typing away, working on the yearbook, and waiting for Madison to come dancing out on stage. It's almost 7:00, and here we go!
And now... it's over. It was "brutal," to quote another mom. The production run-through lasted an excruciatingly long time. This picture below sums up Madison's level of enthusiasm by about 10:00 or so:
Daddy was watching the whole thing, chronicling the night scene by scene to Mommy, who was busy at home making costuming for Uma. We had done some shopping earlier at a couple thrift stores, and found some material that should work for a decent Uma costume, something Mommy started on right away. Meanwhile, Daddy's taxi service as at work, getting Madison to Brenau at 5:00 pm. We left somewhere after 10:00 pm. Other children were not as lucky!
Fortunately for Madison, we decided to let her come in late tomorrow to school. Sure, she's missing out on a math test. But she might not be doing as well with a math test with a very limited amount of sleep. Still, she had a good time back stage waiting... and waiting... and waiting... welcome to tech week.
And in between all of this, there were group photos and staged photos that were taken. Here's one that Daddy took of Anna and Elsa.
Daddy was waiting for so long, he took many, many, many pictures of the kids, for lack of anything else of substance to do, but wait. Of course, with the laptop here, he was able to work on that fifth grade page for the yearbook. There's still some more work to be done, and that might take place tomorrow while we're waiting through another dress rehearsal.
As for tonight, there were prop challenges lighting challenges, costuming challenges .. just about any kind of challenge you could imagine. One by one, as with pretty much any tech week, these were taken care of as each scene was gone through. Meanwhile, Madison waited, and Mommy waited at home, working on that costume.
Also, a series of very powerful storms was brewing in Alabama, heading directly for us.
But we did eventually get to Madison's scene, only about halfway through the movie, really. But the girls came out, masking their tired bodies with smiles and grace.
Madison has such a short part in all of this, but it's great to see her involved, and she's having a great time. Tonight was a late night, a worst case scenario. The good news was they got to leave before the finale, just because it was so late. The other good news was that the storms - at the last minute - veered south from here, striking Atlanta instead. There was some significant damage done to some neighborhoods. We were thankful for a good night's rest here.
It's tech week though, and the longer hours are somewhat expected. We got a lot of great pictures as we waited tonight - Daddy was alone in the balcony, and had no idea that they actually locked the doors to the balcony, apparently some time after he had already gone up there. Seated all by himself, he was able to update Mommy, watch the approaching storm, and watch for Madison when she finally came out. As we close up, here are some of the photos from tonight:
And now... it's over. It was "brutal," to quote another mom. The production run-through lasted an excruciatingly long time. This picture below sums up Madison's level of enthusiasm by about 10:00 or so:
Daddy was watching the whole thing, chronicling the night scene by scene to Mommy, who was busy at home making costuming for Uma. We had done some shopping earlier at a couple thrift stores, and found some material that should work for a decent Uma costume, something Mommy started on right away. Meanwhile, Daddy's taxi service as at work, getting Madison to Brenau at 5:00 pm. We left somewhere after 10:00 pm. Other children were not as lucky!
Fortunately for Madison, we decided to let her come in late tomorrow to school. Sure, she's missing out on a math test. But she might not be doing as well with a math test with a very limited amount of sleep. Still, she had a good time back stage waiting... and waiting... and waiting... welcome to tech week.
And in between all of this, there were group photos and staged photos that were taken. Here's one that Daddy took of Anna and Elsa.
Daddy was waiting for so long, he took many, many, many pictures of the kids, for lack of anything else of substance to do, but wait. Of course, with the laptop here, he was able to work on that fifth grade page for the yearbook. There's still some more work to be done, and that might take place tomorrow while we're waiting through another dress rehearsal.
As for tonight, there were prop challenges lighting challenges, costuming challenges .. just about any kind of challenge you could imagine. One by one, as with pretty much any tech week, these were taken care of as each scene was gone through. Meanwhile, Madison waited, and Mommy waited at home, working on that costume.
Also, a series of very powerful storms was brewing in Alabama, heading directly for us.
But we did eventually get to Madison's scene, only about halfway through the movie, really. But the girls came out, masking their tired bodies with smiles and grace.
Madison has such a short part in all of this, but it's great to see her involved, and she's having a great time. Tonight was a late night, a worst case scenario. The good news was they got to leave before the finale, just because it was so late. The other good news was that the storms - at the last minute - veered south from here, striking Atlanta instead. There was some significant damage done to some neighborhoods. We were thankful for a good night's rest here.
It's tech week though, and the longer hours are somewhat expected. We got a lot of great pictures as we waited tonight - Daddy was alone in the balcony, and had no idea that they actually locked the doors to the balcony, apparently some time after he had already gone up there. Seated all by himself, he was able to update Mommy, watch the approaching storm, and watch for Madison when she finally came out. As we close up, here are some of the photos from tonight:
It's going to be a wonderful production. These sorts of nights happen with any production on stage, working out all the kinks and so forth. We're looking forward to it, and yes, that whole entire soundtrack is stuck in our collective heads once again...
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment