Since this blog was down since Saturday morning, I can't remember half of what went on and will just sketch out as best I can. Okay, I got the pic from Carolyn of my twins' crew hen they attended Friday night:
From left, Finn, Dana, Yours Truly, Carolyn, Robyn, Steve
At Saturday's show--the last one--five of my friends from BCNN came and they all loved it. I introduced them to some of the cast and they were very appreciative. Erica asked us to take all our possessions home we could remember home and just see anything left behind on Sunday. This time, I didn't bother to change back into my jeans and shirt--just kept my fancy dress on and wore my sneakers. Didn't get home until after 11:00, had something to eat and fell into bed at some ungodly hour. As ever, "the last" was both full of grief and a great relief. You get your life back, but you have to give up the excitement, the concentration, the feeling of fellowship, the praise, the laughter, and the feeling that the stage is where you belong.
SUNDAY: As mentioned, I barely remember the early part of the day (I know I did a wash and made cabbage fritters--big whoops), but I do later. Rowena picked me up at 3:45 and we went off to help with striking the set. I took care of delivering some the props to the prop room, helping clear out the dressing rooms, and so on. The guys, of course, took out the wooden structures, including the makeshift stage and so on and delivered them to the storage room. All that and much more was finished in about two hours and after that, we partied. There were about fifty large pizzas of all possible types: cheese, sausage, pepperoni, vegetables, pineapple (ugh!), honey (double ugh!), plus appetizers of shrimp and other goodies, as well as salad, homemade cookies, and soda, wine, and beer. After the meal, various people sang karaoke, some really, really good. The "awards" were then present--all in the cast and crew were called to the front, were the objects of a funny anecdote*, presented with flowers (I got red roses), and applauded loudly. Home about 10:00 again stayed up for a bit, then bed.
*As for mine, a reference was made about Zach, one of the dancers, lifting my IPA. Well, you had to be there...
