Life, Love & Loyalty!

I know it has been a very long time since I've written - very late nights and early mornings contribute to that . . .

Today, I can breathe - We Are Ready!

A little more tweaking in rehearsal and we have 2, count them, 2 glorious productions going up this weekend -

I knew that you could do it - and here it is - Now have fun with it!

You all are very special people with patience, talent, passion and heart . . .

Life, Love & Loyalty! . . . Abounds.

- Randy

Clash and Flash with No Smash

Amazing . . . That's all I can say after witnessing the sword fighting rehearsal last night.

Like a musical composition itself, the sword fighting choreography that Randy has created starts off as an exhibition of play and humour in the first scene, and then moves into a battle between the King's Musketeers and the Cardinal's Guards.

The flourish of swords, the ringing of metal, the balletic turns and jumps tuned into a symphony of sound and movement sailing over the musical underscore.

Bravo to the Musketeers' and Cardinal's Guards' clashing swords and coming together as one to create a scene worthy of any treasured musketeer movie . . . only this time, they've sliced the screen wide open and jumped out for all of us to see.

- Doug

Swords In Hand

Well tonight's the night -

It's been quite a journey - now it's time to finally get swords in hand -
Let's hope everyone leaves unscarred.

-Randy

Awesome!

Finished the last bit of Fight Choreography last night -

Swordsmen worked in their boots, gloves and overlays - only a few entanglements, but I must say that these fight scenes are beginning to look awesome -

Next week . . . on to the real swords - Up 'till now, there have only been a few cuts & scrapes - let's hope that it remains that way!

- Randy

Spring Leap Across the . . .

It's been a few days since I've written . . . not because there hasn't been anything to write about - quite a bit has happened!

First - Great job on the Spring Concert - there were a few surprises . . . foreign language songs from Jasmina, Marie Elaina & Paul . . . Elijah and his coffee grinders . . . Nissa singing and playing violin at the same time - Well done to All!

Now, between Friday night's rehearsal - which let's just say was not anything I would want to talk about - and last night's rehearsal, it was like a jump over the Grand Canyon - the difference in knowing your lines makes the process much more creative and enjoyable - now no more excuses for anyone, anywhere - the sooner you are off book, the more time you have to explore and obviously the better you will be - I hope it was a lesson learned. Now I feel like we have a show!

- Randy