Thursday, May 20, 2010

Hang in there, baby... Friday's coming!!!

Happy Thursday - Reggie is Climbing the Walls!!


If only I had the video rolling for what
happened in the 60 seconds that
followed this photo.

Meow!








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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Applause Players "CATS" - Ultimate Blooper (expertly handled)

As Miss Laura would say, "WELCOME TO THEATER!"
So here we are... third and final show of the weekend. All is going along quite smoothly until this point. Sure... Friday night had a little blip at the beginning when the opening music started before our CATs were on stage... that was no problem - nothing noticeable. Saturday night we had a slight microphone malfunction during Grizabella's magnificent solo, "Memory." That was somewhat painful... but Griz skillfully reached behind her back and turned it off. Luckily... she projects very well. But nothing will top the transition section between "Jellicle Ball" and "Macavity." There is this transition scene where Old Deuteronomy gets kidnapped while sirens and suspenseful music plays in the background. Meanwhile, the three soloists, are quickly getting mic'd for Macavity (Lisa, Alex, & Amanda). When the transition music looped again, we figured they were buying time since there isn't nearly enough time to get all three gals mic'd before the Macavity music starts up. But we quickly realized we had a little problem when the transition track and sirens started playing over the Macavity track... just when we thought it was going to be no big deal and it sounded like it was going to be okay.... watch and see how it turned out!
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Oh, deer!!

Now I know how we ended up with so many deer in our back yard! Never a dull moment at the Rice house!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Triple Birthday Celebration at the McMansion on Camano Island


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Lance & Reba hosted friends and extended family for a wonderful birthday celebration for mom and the twins: Mom turned 79 and Gary & Larry turned the BIG 5-0. It was a beautiful day all the way around. The sun shined on us and a beautiful sailboat floated by with red sails... as if dad was there - He would have been celebrating his birthday this day too... his 80th.