A "Tempest"uous Life ;)

Way, way back in December (which seems soooo long ago!), bubba had his second ever audition - for a local tween/teen production of "The Tempest". He was *thrilled* to learn that he was cast as the bad guy, Sebastian (and equally thrilled that his buddy Ira was cast as the other bad guy ;)

Over the course of the past several months (and 60+ hours of rehearsals), they were finally ready - or as ready as they could be. You see, some form of plague struck a large portion of the cast. In the weeks preceding opening, a good 1/3 of the kids were hacking and sneezing, and one kid *completely* lost his voice. But as they say - the show must go on! And it did. There was a nearly packed house every night.

Besides helping to tie-die t-shirts for the cast, I was there 2 hours prior to each performance helping with hair and makeup, and hanging out backstage during the performance - trying to keep the mob of hormonally charged kids quiet. Which is akin to herding cats.

Bubba, Katelynn and Ira showing off their Tempest t-shirts.

Bubba, Katelynn, Ira and Rebekah goofing off for the camera.

Bubba and Ira with the moustaches on. Is it just me - or does my son look like some smarmy Italian guy??

For the final Friday performance, we had a bunch of friends come and watch. One of the mom's (ever the homeschooler ;) did the math and found that just over 1/4 of the audience that night was there to support bubba! Not bad ;) After the show, 2 of the families came over to our house for dessert and general merriment.

Apple crisp, Cookies and Cream and Caramel Delight ice cream, chocolate cake, brownies, cheesecake and lemon meringue pie. Yum!

After the final bows of the final performance Saturday night, the kids sang a little ditty for the audience. (I tried to post a clip of it, but after an hour long fight with Blogger, I couldn't get the dang thing loaded.) And then we went and overran a local restaurant ;D