I am really nowhere near "home" but just being back in Texas brings back wonderful memories. Sunday we played our smallest stage yet at the Hippodrome in Waco. The show was a lot of fun as we faced the challenges of adapting to small spaces. It is amazing how we get used to a certain thing and how changing it even slightly can bring new life to a production. The audience seemed to really enjoy our "scaled down" Annie. Really, other than the small stage, 28' by 20', and the missing set pieces, the show was the same as every other performance.
Monday we were in Longview, TX. I met up with my father-in-law and sister-in-law by chance at our lunch stop at a Subway on our way to Longview so I drove with them the rest of the way in and spent the afternoon with them and a close family friend who is more of an aunt really than a friend. It was great to just sit and chat with family. The Belcher Center in Longview is beautiful. We played to a nearly sold out house and a lot of fun being there. It was our props guy's last day with us which was kind of sad but joyful at the same time as we wish him well and welcome his replacement. Yet another reminder that this is a business after all.
Today we spent 10 hours on the bus driving to Cape Girardeau, MO on our way to Macomb, IL where we perform tomorrow night, then on to Joliet, IL for a one nighter before spending the Holy Weekend in South Bend, IN. We have performances Friday and Saturday and are off on Easter Sunday. I think some of us are going to go to Easter services at Notre Dame if possible.
Well, that is all for now. Life on tour is a whirlwind of activity as we hustle from town to town, performance to performance living our dreams of performing professionally. What a life!
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