it's getting chilly outside!

when it's getting chilly outside and dad's jeans come out of the dryer nice and warm, you claim them as your blanket for the day . . . naturally.

love, laurie

always something crazy

i do a whole lot when shows come to town, but i most certainly do not transport the talent/musicians.  well, never say never i guess because after a crazy mix up with the agent that's exactly what ryan and i ended up having to do this weekend for our beatles tribute show.  

thank goodness our company had 12-passenger vans because we needed them to drive everyone back-and-forth to the airport/hotel/venue.  we just couldn't get over the fact that we had to do this, so to make a joke out of it we printed out a sign like you see in the movies when people pick people up at airports.  it was a crazy weekend, and i'm glad we got them back-and-forth safely.

(i guess sticking your tongue out while driving helps you concentrate?)

love, laurie

"american english - the complete beatles tribute"

on saturday, we had a beatles tribute show at our theatre and boy have i been looking forward to this show for a long time.  this is yet another show that was postponed because of the pandemic.  it was also a show that ran me crazy preparing for it because there were so many moving parts.

for years i have been a huge fan of the beatles (remember when ryan and i saw "love" in las vegas?!).  i loved that these performers did all different eras of the beatles.  even though it was a hectic night and we had a ton of issues going on behind the scenes, the audience loved it and i loved hearing some of my all time favorite songs!

you can see more of my photos from the show on the theatre's facebook page here.

love, laurie

yay!

i'm so incredibly thrilled that my theatre won the "best live entertainment" category in our local newspaper's readers' choice contest!  we're so grateful for everyone who voted!  yay!

love, laurie

here we go!

here we go for a whirlwind weekend of working on juggling 3 different shows at once.  one day we'll get to get some sleep . . . but not anytime soon!  fingers crossed for this weekend!

love, laurie

so many costumes!

every moment of time in between work, classes, and dance has been dedicated to working on the costumes for the show that i am costume designing for at the university.  it's the final push to get everything ready.  slowly but surely, i'm getting there.  the punch list is getting a little bit shorter.  fingers crossed that we make it on time for costume parade on monday!

love, laurie

truckin' stuff around

a good portion of time on sunday was dedicated to getting the materials needed to build the set for the show that we are working on at the university.  there was no way that all of those supplies were going to fit in our petite ford ranger, so ryan was able to use one of the university vehicles to haul everything.  they let him take the ford 250 super duty and whoa, nelly, was that thing big!  when i stood in front of it the hood was up to my eyeballs, it was so tall!  of course he drove it like a pro and had a blast doing so.  you know, boys and their toys!  ;-)

love, laurie

se acabo santana tribute & the glass prism

on saturday we worked a show with two separate bands at the thaeter: a santana tribute called "se acabo" and the glass prism.  like many of our other shows, this show was postponed due to the pandemic so i feel like i've been workin on this show forever.  honestly, i'm glad we all survived this one, it was a doozie!  you can check out the rest of the photos that i took of the show on the theatre's facebook page here.

love, laurie

oh, monday . . .

it's monday and we're exhausted from working on several different shows this past weekend.  this week is going to be a doozie because we're pulled in so many different directions with different venues.  i saw this pop up on facebook and had a good laugh!  fingers crossed for today and this week!

love, laurie

september roses

we have had this tiny rose bush for a long time.  we moved it to the front yard and it got upset and turned into pathetic sticks with no leaves and no flowers.  we just recently moved it to the back yard and were shocked to see leaves and roses!  so glad it came back to life and gave us some flowers in september!

have a great weekend!

love, laurie