As I suspected- life for the past week has been incredibly hectic.
Nate had the electronic baby again last Thursday night- this one was a lot more active. I think he said it cried 13 times while he had it in the evening and overnight. He was taking a shower when the baby started crying so I picked it up to bring it to him and it was difficult for Nate to settle him down. He accused me of doing something wrong!
As it turned out, he got a 94% for the first time he had the baby and 100% for the second time.
Music Man went really well! There were 3 shows. The sets, costumes, cast were great. Ben was the conductor, a townsperson and in the boys band.
"We've Got Trouble!"
I promised Lisa a story about audience members behaving badly...
I am in charge of "front the house duties" for the drama club- ticket sales, water sales, volunteers for each show. My friend Linda handles most of the back of the house duties- managing the cast entrances and exits, etc. We are there for every dress rehearsal and every show.
We have some (not enough) other volunteers who sell tickets for a show or help with make-up.
Our seating is General Admission, so the first people in line for tickets get their choice of seats.
On our final night of the show, it came to my attention that one of the parents of one of the ensemble-townspeople had been reserving seats by duct-taping front row seats for her family. She was supposedly helping with makeup, but I never saw her doing anything but socializing with her daughter. She would come in, slip into the performance center before the audience entered, and reserve her seats.
I saw her do this on the closing night. So after she left and went to the café, I went in and talked to the director about reserving seats. The director had reserved seats for 3 of her family members (4th row), I reserved 2 seats behind that since this was the only show I was sitting to watch with Mark and my friend reserved back row seats for her family, which included a relative in a wheelchair. I told the director that another parent had been reserving front row center seats for all of the shows and she told me no other seats should be saved. So I ripped down the duct tape. I wasn't there when the woman entered but I guess she stomped up and down the aisle when she found "her seats" were taken.
They did end up sitting in two rows near the front and pretty much talked to each other during the show.
(I also don't think she paid for her tickets, never saw her at the sales table)
So now we are on to the next show, Night at the Wax Museum.
Last rehearsal tonight. Opening Night is tomorrow.
Here's a couple of pictures from our dress rehearsal.
I'll try to post more during/after the show:
Ben is Butch Cassidy and I am Madam Ching. I get to threaten him with a knife!!!
I usually get an omelete and their delicious juice; Mark likes the tonga toast.
I'm just getting caught up on some DisBoard reading and I have to admit that when I saw that picture the first thing I noticed was the map all askew and it made me twitch a bit. (Just a bit more alike!)
The school can do WITHOUT that kind of help! Good for you for taking away the tape (I'd loved to have been a fly on the wall to see the shenanigans when she went to claim her seats)
! Congrats to Nate for keeping his "baby" alive and well. Lol! Looks like you have been really busy!Thanks for the real life update 
Sounds like a great performance and to be so involved I know is probably a lot of work but how rewarding to build those kind of great memories with your son. 
