A taste of the Yet To Come

Dress rehearsal is fun, but very tiring for our chamber choir at RHS. After being in the venue for three hours after school Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday has even longer demands.

The students (and faculty/parent volunteers) rehearse for the 45 minute concert in the sanctuary at St. John's UMC from 3-5 before getting a 2 hour dinner break. Then at 7, a twice-through script final rehearsal begins. Whenever that is done, parents set up and decorate the lords' and ladies' tables for the first performance night. This year I left with Emma and Laura at 10 pm. Garland, as castle construction head, stayed with the rest of the set-up committee until midnight. It is a long week leading up to three performances on Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Last night was a huge success! All their hard work paid off. I will recap the feast itself in another post, but I had to share a few more pictures from last evening.

King James, Queen Allison, Lady Chamberlain

Lady Chamberlain telling her Lord how it is

It is so great to have Katy home for this! She's actually never sat and watched, so this is also fun and new for her, too.

All in all, I would say this will be a great weekend!

The Few Hours Between the Insanity

So, I've discovered almost a month has been lost between posts, and of course, I'm just as busy as ever! (As an aside, I remember my mother running up and down a full flight of stairs whether at her work or at home--full spring--and I think this is me during this season of life. For those of you who check more regularly than others, I'm quite sure you knew my mother then, and understand the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!)
Today is the last day of decorating at home, and the first day of Renaissance Week. We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday--missing Katy so very much, and happy for Emma and Laura's presence for the first time in 5 years.

By this time next week, Renaissance will be complete, Katy's first trip home will be over, and most in our family will have collapsed! My mom and stepdad will still be in town for the big event, there will be three weeks of concerts waiting before the craziness is done. I will do my best to post pictures of Emma's year as Lady Chamberlain one week from now--another daughter almost gone.



In the meantime, I trust all had a wonderful beginning to the 2007 Holiday Season, and I will post as time allows...