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After our very brief, but very good orchestra rehearsal yesterday, the conductor and the director took out the orchestra members and myself out for dinner. We had tried to make reservations at one of the nice places near campus, but since it was the Fourth of July, everything was closed. Except for the Chinese carry-out place. *Which is surprisingly good. So, we ended up at Uno's Chicago Pizzeria & Grill. Or just "Uno's" for short.
Once we got to the restaurant, we were also joined by the director daughther, Tess; Michelle, our composer; Amanda McBroom, our lyricist; Wayne Wilcox, one of the actors; and, as "promised", Laurel Massé.
Laurel, it turns out, is a dear friend of Amanda's. In fact, it was Amanda who helped Laurel start to get back into the business and start performing again. -More later...
We had a very good time. The food was good - and we only had to send back one salad since the mandarin orange slices were "off" - they had started fermenting already. There was plenty of dish, of course, since this was a table full of theatre types and musicians. How could there not be dish!
And there were also some wonderful stories shared by everyone about their experiences in the "biz" and in life. It's just amazing to think that we could all be sharing stuff like that - and most of had just met yesterday. Some of us just then at Uno's!