December 16, 2014 – Dayspring Disciples

Since September, we have been rehearsing with our church family for a production of The Gospel According to Scrooge.
It was a lot of work, but in the end we were genuinely tickled to be a part of it.

I played a townsperson and a caroler. I had a few lines. All the kids were in the school room scene, and Marie was also cast as Jennifer – a friend of the Cratchits. Nigel was cast as a Lad on the Street. But at 4:30 PM the day of dress rehearsal he was asked to step in for the boy who was to be Young Scrooge who had come down with the flu. With two hours to curtains, Nigel demonstrated his love of acting and his penchant for memorizing lines by astonishing everyone involved. Except his siblings and I. God Bless you, Nigel. Use your gift well, son.
This bumped Stewart up to Lad on the Street (a/k/a turkey boy).

Nan sat in the front row of opening night and took many a photo. Almost 200 to be exact. Her photos were with my camera – which she had never picked up before. Her photos are better than the ones taken by planned photographers, IMO. And – I will share a few here.

I must tell you, by production’s end I was VERY TIRED of curlers, bobby pins, hair spray, and the like. My head hurt! 🙂 But it was fun to have glamorous hair for a while. The stage make-up was a little less fun.

This was a “hair rehearsal”.