So last month right at the start of December when I found myself complaining nonstop about how busy I was I decided to be in a musical. ha! First time in almost 20 years! Yikes that makes me feel old. A friend of mine is starting an amateur theater group here in Katy. I have a soft spot for this type of venture because I have so many wonderful memories of my own family being participating in community productions.
So I jumped in and truth be told it made Decembe super crazy. Curtis took it like a man and held down the fort while I left several times a week for hours and hours! Daniel chose to be in the children's chorus so he got to come to a lot of the practices. I have to admit that practices were an absolute blast and I began to really look forward to them. I didn't know about half of the cast- almost all were members of my church but from various congregations. There was also the cutest English couple who are not LDS and it took them awhile to figure out that they were hugely in the minority!
Being in a play is such a unique experience- I wish everyone could do it at least once. That same cute English couple said that back home amateur theater is very popular and many people are in a few productions each year! I love that! Why is it that here you only get to do fun stuff if you are super star talented or a kid?! So annoying. Annnyway- I have discovered that my brain is not as nimble as it was when I was a teenager (or maybe it's just too full of other stuff now- yeah that) but I really had to work at learning the words, harmony and choreography. That work paid off though and it was so rewarding to be a part of such a fun show! I had never even heard the music from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" before. I have to say that I have watched the Donny Osmond version and ours is seriously better. :)
Our final performance was last night and we all felt a little blue about it ending. I just adore the entire cast and had so much fun working with and getting to know them. Daniel loved it too and says he definitely wants to do another show. I feel a little bit changed by this. I'm just reminded that I should remember to do things that I love and not just clean toilets and yell at kids all day.
