Oh, The Drama!

Winter is for the birds. It's March. I know it's supposed to come in like a lion or something but damn, when March hits, I'm thinking it's almost time to be back at my perch at the pool. And I'm so annoyed too- the past few years we haven't used our snow days so we got the day after Memorial Day off. That was the BEST. No having to worry about getting back from down the shore at a reasonable hour for E to sleep for school. Or not having to run home from a BBQ so we can all get ready for the next work day. We've just been through two back to back "nor'easters". Luckily we didn't get hit too bad but I know a lot of people who lost power and may still not have it back.

I see I haven't written since February. That was only a blog letting people know about spring swim team at the YWCA. It wasn't an actual update. A lot of stuff has gone on, but I don't want to clutter one post up with everything, so I'll do it little by little.

Last month we went to the Glen Rock High School musical- Legally Blonde. We always go to the musical. Sometimes we go to the regular, non-musical play too, but we've been taking E to the whatever musical they're doing for years.

I have to say- try to support your high school drama program by going yourselves and/or taking your kids. We don't have high school age kids, but these kids work so hard and do such a great job, EVERY TIME. You also don't realize how time flies when you notice kids who were in the plays, then not, and it's because they graduated!

We've seen them do Beauty & The Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, The Matchmaker, and some others. We've seen some of the kids from when they were freshman through their last performance senior year. There have been families of kids who have all gone through the drama department in their four years.

I really hope E expresses an interest in being in the high school drama department. They all seem like such a nice group of kids with diverse interests and a lot of talent. There's a girl, Tina, who has been in every play we've seen. At Legally Blonde, we realized she's graduating this year. We don't even "know" her, but will be sad to see her go. She always seemed so much older than a high school kid and she's really talented. I always look forward to seeing her perform. Same with both Bennie and Frankie Fontana. Bennie graduated but her sister Frankie is also fantastic and did a kick-ass job as Paulette in Legally Blonde. I've only seen her in more supportive roles, but she had a big part and did terrific. Last but certainly not least, we miss Jake Aboyoun, who is the son of friends of ours. He also was in every play we say before he graduated. He was in the audience this time, a glaring reminder of how we miss seeing him on stage.

I think they always do one musical and one non-musical at GRHS. We'll probably see the non-musical too, just because we know it's always a great performance. It's a fun night out and you're helping support the arts! A win-win in my book!

Little Shop of Horrors