We are tech week for our show, Crazy For You. What an amazing show this will be! One of our old time shows, with huge sets and extraordiary costumes. I love this!
The kids have worked unbelievably hard to learn all the dancing required for this production. Tap dancing for a bunch of farm kids with two left feet...It's quite an accomplishment, let me tell you.
The costumes are amazing! Our incredibly tallented costumer, Laurie, has outdone herself this time. And that is really saying something, because she makes fantastic stuff every single time. But this show she's dipped into the vintage pattern vault and her results blow my mind. Truely delightful designs brought to life by her vision and inate ability to always build an impecable wardrobe for each character.
I have, upon occasion, tried my hand at sewing. I have, very rarely, achieved what could loosely be described as a garment. And each and every second was a grueling, agonizing experience for me. The effort it takes me to read a pattern, try to decipher whatever it is telling me, then looking at a flat piece of fabric and trying to wrap my head around that becoming something a person could wear upon their body turns my mind into soggy spagetti noodles.
It is a puzzle.
I HATE puzzles.
Laurie, on the other hand, loves the challenge. She is awe-inspiring.
The sets turned out pretty well. It was one of our monster sets, which is a nice change from the minimal sets everybody does now. I was pleased with the end result. Laurie noticed I used a bit of the bright colors of the follie girls dresses in the set, as part of the shading and layering of colors I always do. I do this to make it pleasing to the eye, although the mind won't recognize why. In this case, I wanted the town to brighten visually when the gorgeous colors from the city (Laurie's costumes) arrived in Deadrock, the worn down desert town. This worked well, as the town did perk up visually the second the follie girls arrived in their vibrant purple, gold, teal, cobalt blue, red, coral, green and magenta.
The props also came together pretty well. Even though some of the stuff was more difficult to pull together than I thought it would be.
We had a sucessful run, but could have used some strong male voices-which we don't have. That was the really unfortunate part-lousy singing. Not great, when you're putting on a musical. The female voices were great. The guys- wretched. Still, they made up for it with some really good acting and exceptional dancing. The tapping was delightful. Paul C. worked his butt off with those kids, and it showed. The kids were great! I really enjoyed the show.
Our next show is a Suesical production if some sort. A non-musical.
Thank goodness.
The kids have worked unbelievably hard to learn all the dancing required for this production. Tap dancing for a bunch of farm kids with two left feet...It's quite an accomplishment, let me tell you.
The costumes are amazing! Our incredibly tallented costumer, Laurie, has outdone herself this time. And that is really saying something, because she makes fantastic stuff every single time. But this show she's dipped into the vintage pattern vault and her results blow my mind. Truely delightful designs brought to life by her vision and inate ability to always build an impecable wardrobe for each character.
I have, upon occasion, tried my hand at sewing. I have, very rarely, achieved what could loosely be described as a garment. And each and every second was a grueling, agonizing experience for me. The effort it takes me to read a pattern, try to decipher whatever it is telling me, then looking at a flat piece of fabric and trying to wrap my head around that becoming something a person could wear upon their body turns my mind into soggy spagetti noodles.
It is a puzzle.
I HATE puzzles.
Laurie, on the other hand, loves the challenge. She is awe-inspiring.
The sets turned out pretty well. It was one of our monster sets, which is a nice change from the minimal sets everybody does now. I was pleased with the end result. Laurie noticed I used a bit of the bright colors of the follie girls dresses in the set, as part of the shading and layering of colors I always do. I do this to make it pleasing to the eye, although the mind won't recognize why. In this case, I wanted the town to brighten visually when the gorgeous colors from the city (Laurie's costumes) arrived in Deadrock, the worn down desert town. This worked well, as the town did perk up visually the second the follie girls arrived in their vibrant purple, gold, teal, cobalt blue, red, coral, green and magenta.
The props also came together pretty well. Even though some of the stuff was more difficult to pull together than I thought it would be.
We had a sucessful run, but could have used some strong male voices-which we don't have. That was the really unfortunate part-lousy singing. Not great, when you're putting on a musical. The female voices were great. The guys- wretched. Still, they made up for it with some really good acting and exceptional dancing. The tapping was delightful. Paul C. worked his butt off with those kids, and it showed. The kids were great! I really enjoyed the show.
Our next show is a Suesical production if some sort. A non-musical.
Thank goodness.