My body needed it so bad.
I woke up around 10:30 and went to my hair appointment, yawned through the whole thing, came home and slept and slept some more.
Around 3:30 I emerged from my coma and I realized that, uh, while I had a great dress and nicely shaped and colored hair, I had NO shoes or accessories purchased and that the next day was opening night.
Oh, bother!
I hate shopping. At least for the little details that make up a great outfit. Luckily, my friend (And fellow chorus member) Mary Ellen came with me and I am now in possession of some adorable ballet flats (Complete with ankle ribbons) and the perfect earrings and one dainty, yet sparkly bangle to be worn oh, so flippantly on my right wrist.
Did I mention I hate shopping?
We even made it on time for dress rehearsal.
Opening night upon me.
This is such a cool production: For those that aren’t aware, what makes this so cool is that there is a signing chorus that is signing all the music as it is played. Half of them are deaf. They cannot hear one. single. note of music and they perform flawlessly. It is really amazing to watch.
I did OK.
This is my Conductor. As I don’t want his name associated with my bizarre blog, I’ll call him “Dr.R”. He is actually a speech pathology instructor up at USU and he spent 25 years in the Air Force. He has perfect posture and instead of saying things like “Take it two before section B and then 5 after section F” We get “Two before Bravo and 5 after Foxtrot. (I’m still trying to figure out what “Military Left” is. I have no freaking clue, so I just pretended. It worked.)
I look scared of him in this photo but he is the kindest man on the earth.
The chorus is full of fun people. This guy, Darryl, is my biggest fan. He nicknamed me “Pipes” a couple of years ago and is a retired LAPD police officer. I love my cops, I do. Dr. R told us to “Dress conservatively” for dress rehearsal so Darryl had to have a little fun. I used to date a guy in high school that dressed like this. Dig the kilt.
In the end, I’m going to go fall into bed and (Surprise, surprise) SLEEP.
Break a leg, my dear girl. I am SO excited for you. Have fun and kick some major “Messiah” ass.
(Hmmmm. Messiah and ass probably shouldn’t go together in a sentence, but you know what I mean!) And make sure to enjoy yourself, okay? I will SO be thinking about you tonite! xxxxxooooo
You must have needed the sleep! Glad you can re-energize yourself before the big night.
By the way, you look so THIN in those photos!
Have a great performance, Loralee.
You look gorgeously thin, by the way. Come to think of it, just take off the “…ly thin” part. Your audience will be delighted.
The sleep coma sounds delicious. I need that, so very badly…
And you are totally rockin’ the skinny jeans. I saw the mention on Kerflop about skinny jeans, but you look fab in these pictures. What brand are they?
I hate shopping too. I tend to put off until the last possible second and then end up grabbing random crap that fills an immediate need then never use the items again.
such a fun night! You sounded awsome and with the glam on tonight you will sound even more so. You will be so delightful to the eye and ear! Thanks for getting me involved! Love you buckets!
Rock the mike.
linny
Sqeeee!! Good luck, Honey!
I LOVE Dr. R. And his wife is completely amazing, too. Such nice people.
Enjoy every second!
A tidbit for you on opeing night: It was on this day in 1743 that Handel’s Messiah had its London premiere.
Break a leg! :)
I can’t wait to hear all the sordid details of your performance. Complete with loads of pictures, of course.
Break a leg! Or at least an arm. I’d hate for a leg incident to detract from your darling new shoes…
You are such a busy lady this week!
I’m am so excited about your preformance!!
Break a leg!
Your face says “no no!” but the director’s finger says “over there.”
Haha, you look so much like me in the 2nd picture. Except for the fact that you look freaking skinny.
Break a leg hon, I know you’ll do great!
I love the hair! You look amazaing – as always.
Dear Sharon, Mark, Jill, Julie (et al),
If you think she looks good in these photos, just wait until you see the ones from premiere night! (Uh, that would be last night…for those of you playing along at home…) I shall say no more, but let her break it to you in her own special way. How’s THAT for a teaser?! Actually, Amber, it would be better for her to break a leg, “adorable ballet flats ([sans] ankle ribbons)” notwithstanding, because an arm cast really doesn’t go with her outfit…and then her bracelet might not fit!
By the way, Loralee is right: “‘Dr. R’” and “threatening” really don’t go well together. Even you looking as if you are cowering in that “Be gone, Flat One!” photo doesn’t fool anyone. You’re right, Ms. “hairyshoefairy,” (I don’t know if that is your first or last name.) “Dr. and Mrs. R” are groovy.