Well I had a most amazing evening at this month's Rave in the Nave. We presented two groups of young performers, a troupe from Eugene and the acclaimed Dance West, a youth dance group from Beaverton's Arts Magnet Academy. Now here's the cool part: they danced to some tunes Mr. BK produced! There was one that wasn't familiar, but it sure sounded like a BK production, and the lyric had something to do with Love is like sand. Does that sound familiar, BK? Almost, but not quite, sounded like Susan Egan.
Now here's the most amazing part. They were doing this medley of Broadway stuff and broke into I Hope I Get It and their Director and Choreographer leaned over to me and said, "That's the original Michael Bennett choreography--I worked with Michael." I asked her when, and I was amazed when she said, "Why, I'm a 'Turkey Lurkey' girl--I was the one in the middle!" She replaced Donna on Broadway after Donna left to do 'Company.' Her name is Julane Stites. Isn't that cool?