Entries from October 2008

October 26, 2008

Vacation, Week One – New York

The first week of our layoff has been busier than I thought it would be! I had planned on spending the first week in New York City, seeing friends, and running errands. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any affordable hotels in the city so I ended up staying out in Fishkill, where we were housed last [...]

October 26, 2008

Changes, Changes, Changes.

We spent last week at West Point military academy re-working the show. As you know, our tour has been out for quite a while now, about two-and-a-half years, and our management is looking for ways to not only make the show more cost effective to travel, but also easier to move and load-in. To that [...]

October 14, 2008

Always Look on the Bright Side

Back in rehearsal at West Point.

October 12, 2008

A Week in Syracuse

We arrived in Syracuse late on Monday afternoon, so there wasn’t much time to explore the surrounding area before dark. I did some rearranging in our room at the Renaissance Hotel, so that we could fit all of our suitcases, and then set off to find some dinner. Downtown Syracuse, like so many of the [...]

October 7, 2008

So Long Kitty & Baby, and Back to the USA!

On Sunday we not only said goodbye to Patrick, Bree and Tera-Lee, but also to Kitty and Baby!
You remember Kitty and Baby – they have traveled the U.S. with us for the past two years, dressing up in every town. They were first found in the boys’ chorus room in Toronto when “Spamalot” was there [...]

October 2, 2008

It’s yucky outside

It’s yucky outside, originally uploaded by francescarussell.

Someone has the right idea.