Full disclosure: I took all these photos at the dress rehearsal last Monday. I just got permission to post them tonight after seeing the play. Hooray! (What I’m trying to say is that I didn’t take these photos tonight, even though I’m using them as though I did.)
Critics raved about the Panorama Ridge Players, Alice in Wonderland play presented on May 23rd at the lovely high school theatre. It really is a great theatre…the seats are very comfy.
But, back to the play! Critics raved…
“CUTE.” – Mike Browne
“Silly & fun – a perfect combination!” – me
“Wasn’t that great? I enjoyed that!” – Andrea’s mom
“This was the perfect Fiona play! It was great!” – Cathy Mechanic
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Today has been most uneventful. It was back to work as per usual after a wonky long weekend and I came straight home afterward to make some dinner. I made roasted mushrooms for the first time ever:
Very easy to make – some olive oil and balsamic vinegar sprinkled over the mushrooms with some garlic (minced) in the oven for 20 minutes at 425 degrees. Delicious.
I also made a black bean and avocado salad (not a big hit with Mike Browne) but a step up from dinner last week where he asked, “What’s for dinner? It smells like farts!”. That was some boiled cauliflower – not farts at all.
I’ll have the black bean salad for breakfast tomorrow. I also made some nut crusted pork chops. I need to work on that recipe a bit, the nuts didn’t really crust up at all. However, dinner was pretty tasty and I’m on a great big lime kick at the moment.
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As a general rule, I don’t really enjoy photos of partial people, but I’m patiently waiting for my photos to be approved before posting them on my blog. But, I can show you some behind the scenes photos in the meantime…
This play is the Alice in Wonderland play – but a version done on Broadway WAY back in the 70′s. It was great and the students were all over it. It was trippy and very fun. I enjoyed this version.
But before the play started, I got to see where the magic happens! First off, I was on the agenda WITH a special top hat graphic!
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I took over 700 photos today…over 500 of them were at the Alice in Wonderland play my buddy, Fiona, is directing. I just have to tell you, if you ever think the arts are not going to survive, just go to one high school play and you will see that there are people who love and can’t wait to keep the arts alive! In music! And dancing! And acting! And plays…as in, acting live, no retakes, no photoshop, just people who have taken the time to memorize so many lines and put on make up, and help each other. NOW, I’ve got photos of all those things, but I have to wait to get permission from everyone before I put any of those photos on my blog. It’s the right thing to do! I can’t wait to show you. I took all kinds of portraits at that play. It was lovely. I was the only one taking photos and could just go wherever I pleased. That is quite the privilege. I am so glad I got to do it.
After the play, I headed home to rest (because I think I’ve got a cold coming on…or something is up, but I refuse to be allergic to anything, so I’ve decided it’s a low grade cold), but got an invitation to go on a photowalk with Mike & Scott. They took me to a waste water pond and then to an overpass so we could take photos of the traffic coming off the Alex Fraser Bridge. Boy. Do they know how to show a gal a good time or what?
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