Oliver Dress

This morning was the dress rehearsal for Jace as Oliver. He had to be in the wig and costume shop at 9:00 a.m. At 9:30 he had to be miked and onstage for a fight scene. From there he had another fight scene and then had a little break before the full cast came to get dressed around ten-thirty. The curtain call was at 11:00 and we made it just in time to see the performance begin. It is such a cool show with the costumes and scenery. On Friday we will see it all put together with orchestra, scenery and costumes. Can't wait. He worked til 3 and then had a 2 1/2 hour break before going to the sitzprobe for 3 hours tonight. The sitzprobe (for those who are as clueless as I am) is a practice with the orchestra for the singers. They just sit onstage, not in costume and then stand and sing their part in the play while the orchestra accompanies them. They work out any bugs that may be there and get a feel for how the performance is going to go. All the extra music that plays in the background while the actors are going from one place to another is synchronized and timed to perfection so that everyone knows on what note they are to take a step in a certain direction or lift a cup when the drum starts to play. It was very precise and interesting to watch the maestro orchestrate all of the details. A lot goes into making a production this grand into a work of art. So excited for Friday's dress.
We stopped at the library to get Jace a book to read while he has down time during the scenes. He chose the Last Olympian in the series he started reading in school. He also chose out some movies to watch at home when he has down time. The Logan Library allows Festival members to have library access at no charge and has proved to be a fun place for the little girls to play on the computers and for the older two to get their fill of reading material. I've even checked out some gardening books to browse through while I'm here.
The best thing that happened all day was that Amanda drove up from Elk Ridge to spend some time with us. We are so glad she came to add some excitement to our lives. She arrived just in time to watch "So You Think You Can Dance" and we got to watch some of the remaining performers. She was nervous that she wouldn't get here in time after I gave her some bad directions. I told her to turn on 400 South and we really live off of 400 North. My bad.
Sierra designed a swimming suit today and we got most of it done tonight. I'll post a picture after we add the shoulder straps and fix the bottoms. It turned out cute.
Today while Olivia, Maci and I were watching Jace, Sierra stayed home and enjoyed the quiet apartment for a short while. Her friend Kazlie Conrad took the free city bus to get to our apartment. The girls decided to go and cash Sierra's check that she got from Grandma Doris so they took a city bus to the bank but when they got back on, it took them quite a while to get back home. They had taken a wrong returning route and had to wait quite awhile to get back to the transit station. They decided just to walk the four blocks from the station to our apartment, not trusting their routing skills. They made fettucine alfredo for lunch and then we all went to the park. Olivia and Jace went to the Conrad's house to play in between practices and we hit up JoAnn's fabric to get another piece of lycra for Sierra's swimming suit. Fun but busy day again. Tomorrow is our day off of South Pacific and Oliver so we are going to do something fun with Amanda. We might go swimming or maybe hiking. Who knows?