It has been such a hectic week with practice, practice, practice... traveling, decorating, choreographing, wrapping, cleaning, singing, and yes... more practicing. I have just come off a week of traveling to Page, AZ to practice for a gig in St. George, then came home to practice and get Christmas trees lighted and boxes wrapped for The Kidman's concert in Page. In the midst of all that we had two sisters and crew travel down from Idaho (thank goodness) and it was none too late I tell you what. The day of
the concert the school had a gas leak and we couldn't get in to decorate the stage until about 2 hours before the concert started. Thanks to our "helpers" we were good to go by the time people started showing up.
It was by far the funnest concert I've done since we had a very special guest that stole the show right out from under us... Yes - Santa was there (aka my dad). Dad's beard looked so great and thanks to the Santa outfit my sisters bought him last year, dad was excited as all get-out to get up on that stage and do a jig with his daughters. It was so funny and he was perfect.
The most awkward part of the show was when I was singing "The Night Before Christmas" and I accidentally said Santa was covered in "ashes and shut" instead of "ashes and soot". (at least I
didn't do what I did in practice the night before and accidentally said "a__es and shut". Yeah--- that would have been bad.) As it was I just giggled at myself and corrected my mistake while the audience laughed and kept going. The show MUST go on... no matter how stupid I look! (this is a picture of me and my boo-boo)
It was great seeing a lot of people and it is always nice to have an "admirer". I had a young man come up after the show and told me that I had the voice of an "angel" and wanted me to sign his CD and asked to get a picture with me. The young girl scouts were there too and just huddle around us, wanting to talk to us and get pictures (I guess to some people I really am a STAR!!!!) (-: I like that thought!
After the Page concert, Lynda and I headed back to Phoenix the next morning to sing for a Jubilee of Trees. I just gave the guy our CD and we started singing. We didn't consider the fact that we didn't have Jen with us, so on all her solos and melody Lyn and just kept looking at each other and would signal who would take this or that solo. It turned out ok after all. Then the next day Jen joined us to sing at the Mesa Temple Christmas Lights.
This week I have try-outs for the High School kids (since I'll be choreographing thier show), then I head back up to Page to pick my mother up to travel down to Willcox, AZ (down by the border) for the next concert on Friday, then I travel back up to Page with my mother for a dress rehearsal and Stake Choir concert on Saturday and Sunday, then we are back down to Phoenix for a concert on the 18th and then I'm DONE (for a day or two until I have to buckle down and choreograph this show for Jen's High School) Whew! Wish me luck!
