i'm so tired but have somehow survived a full day of nutcracker work. chanda and i were at the theatre at 10:15 this morning for a dress rehearsal.
we first had a breakfast of steel cut oats and tea. morgana held down the fort while chanda and i left for the theatre (stopping first in the laundry room to put several loads in). morgana stayed home until babysitting in the afternoon, and then she met me at the theatre for chanda's show.
the call was for ten am but they didn't begin the dress until noon!!! this is so absurd. the communication was obviously poor between the person handling the scheduling information and the director of the show. it was not fun hanging out for two hours with twenty party scene children, ten mice, ten four year old christmas trees, and ten five year old little chefs.
obviously the costume person was overworked and didin't have time for repairs. my friend ro (short for rose marie, isn't that a pretty name?) and i stepped up to bat and we sewed up the huge tear in this pink tulle tutu. it was not an easy task and i was proud of our work.
ro had another project to do right when it was time for lunch break. her daughter and several friends threaded six needles for her before going out (she has a terrible time threading needles).
i couldn't leave her to hem this monstrosity of a dress all by herself when everyone was leaving, so i sat down and quickly stitched around to meet her halfway. she was not happy to do such a slap dash job. she likes to sew herself and appreciates careful work. sometimes, however, costumes just get thrown together.
we met the girls at cafe mille feuille. morgana calls it milly filly, which i find much easier to say.
it felt good to get out of the theatre and walk around. being so long inside without windows causes one to feel as if it's nighttime, but daylight was still there for a few more hours.
it was a wonderful show and chanda did a beautiful job dancing. here's a bit from her tech rehearsal on thursday:
i am so tired now and need to get some sleep!
Your breakfast table reminds me of how our table used to look when the big girls were small, we used to have some of the willow mugs and saucers.
ReplyDeleteSomebody definitely needs to sort the communication and time scheduling, not easy with all those little ones to keep happy and entertained :-)
You and Ro did a great job with the emergency repairs and Chanda danced beautifully! Is she playing the part of Clara?
Hope you caught up on your sleep! There's an Advent Treat winging its way to you as I type :-) xxxxx
Oh Dorina, that does not sound pleasant. Maybe our very small scale production does have some benefits because the communication is much better and everybody knows everybody. Your mouse costumes look similar to ours. I had to sew Veronika's costume last night because the ribbons tore off during the performance. And one of the mice dropped Jonathan's sword (he has made both swords himself) and broke off the handle. We had to drive to Walmart to buy wood glue last night to glue it. Hopefully it will work this afternoon for the last performance. So we also had a few glitches, but not those long waiting times for little children. That is not good idea. Our dance teacher actually does not allow children under 7 to participate anymore. I guess she realized that small children get too tired too quickly.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you have chefs in the performance? That really puzzled us. I have been trying to compare a description of the German Nutcracker production with the American one and there seem to be a lot of differences. I wonder if there is a European and an American version?
Okay, we have to get ready soon because of our long drive. We went to church last night because we could not go tonight.
When you wrote about the laundry, I had to laugh: I did exactly the same thing before we left yesterday. I only did one load, though. I cannot do more.
Again, good luck today.
P.S. You had a dress rehearsal the same day as the performance? Or was the first performance yesterday?
ReplyDeleteWe are done! All three times they had a full house, today they had to bring extra chairs. We saw people from our old church, Jonathan's physical therapist, lots of homeschoolers, the French professor, other professors, and many people from our village. It was another huge success. When you think that there are no theaters in this area, just the thought of putting on a ballet is audacious. I am so glad that there is interest and people enjoy it.
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