Music Man Overload!
It's OK- I love "The Music Man" It's majorly on the brain since I was cast as the show's lead about 2 months ago. We opened on Saturday night and everything went well and I truly am loving this production and this role. Here are some pictures for those interested:
Random thoughts running through my brain...
On our opening night, two cast members had the stomach flu. My dad, who is also in the production, jumped in and covered for one guy in the opening train scene "Rock Island" He rocked it! It was great! I was proud.
My Dad had always wanted to play this role I'm currently playing. He got older and the moment passed for him. The closest he got was when he was cast as an understudy for the role some years back, but he never got a chance to perform the role. It makes me sad for him. He's a great guy and he would have rocked the role!
The above picture is me and my dad in the final dress rehearsal, me as Harold Hill, him as Ewart Dunlop.
One more thought- I just love this theater, The Hopebox in Kaysville. I feel like I'm part of a family and the fact that we are doing this production for and in behalf of Adam Larsen, a young college student who performs in the drumline, and is suffering from Leukemia, makes this all such a wonderful experience. I can't think of anything else our family could be doing. Here's one more picture, it's of me marching with two of my kids and two of my nephews during "Seventy Six Trombones"
Here's "Seventy Six Trombones" the song stuck in my head from yesterday morning:
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