Topic: THE DAY OF THE SIGNING (Read 14005 times)

TCB · « **Reply #120 on:** April 12, 2014, 08:41:50 PM »

Page Five!

TCB · « **Reply #121 on:** April 12, 2014, 08:56:36 PM »

Today was our first really beautiful Spring day on a weekend. The traffic to the park was insane.

TCB · « **Reply #122 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:04:09 PM »

A day off from rehearsal.

TCB · « **Reply #123 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:05:35 PM »

Tomorrow we begin Hell Week, leading up to opening night next Friday.

TCB · « **Reply #124 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:08:47 PM »

And next Sunday we have an Easter matinee.

TCB · « **Reply #125 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:09:48 PM »

Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:08:47 PM

And next Sunday we have an Easter matinee.

That ought to pack the theater.

TCB · « **Reply #126 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:14:37 PM »

Of course I have no idea what kind of attendance to expect. The theater only seats 88 people.

TCB · « **Reply #127 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:16:35 PM »

And just so I will feel right at home, I am using the same wheelchair that I used in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.

TCB · « **Reply #128 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:24:10 PM »

Everybody bailed on me.

TCB · « **Reply #129 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:25:23 PM »

Leaving me to ramble on alone.

TCB · « **Reply #130 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:34:35 PM »

Let me see............ book signings

The first signing I attended was for Phyllis Diller. I believe I skipped class to go out to the Mall to see her and get her to sign one of her books. She was charming and very funny. Unfortunately, her husband at the time seemed to think that he was also a celebrity. He sat next to her and had his own microphone. He was not a welcome addition.

TCB · « **Reply #131 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:44:45 PM »

I also went to Border's, not too many years ago for a signing by Kenneth Anger. I was apparently the only person in Tacoma who knew that he had written HOLLYWOOD BABYLON and HB2. Also, apparently those books are only available in paperback, so I bought copies of both and had him sign them anyway.

bk · « **Reply #132 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:44:52 PM »

Finished with my viewing.

TCB · « **Reply #133 on:** April 12, 2014, 09:52:30 PM »

And then I went down to Portland Oregon with cyber son Jed and daughter-in-law, Ann for a signing by this old Jew from California. Without a doubt this was the best signing I had ever attended. The author was charming and witty, and he told the best stories. I wish I could remember his name.

TCB · « **Reply #134 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:20:49 PM »

It looks like we may make it to 70 degrees tomorrow. Luckily I will be done with rehearsal by 1:00 p.m.

TCB · « **Reply #135 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:23:06 PM »

George, how is it working with Christian?

George · « **Reply #136 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:25:04 PM »

Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:23:06 PM

George, how is it working with Christian?

Well Tom, I haven't needed to be there, so I don't know...yet.

George · « **Reply #137 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:25:19 PM »

I'll let you know when I know.

George · « **Reply #138 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:28:11 PM »

Quote from: John G. on April 12, 2014, 08:30:16 PM

Found out that my nephew won the Governor's Award for the Arts today for his French horn playing. It includes a three-week summer intensive as well as full tuition to a couple of colleges in Kentucky if he wants to go there.

John, Congrats to your nephew!

TCB · « **Reply #139 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:29:21 PM »

Quote from: George on April 12, 2014, 10:25:19 PM

I'll let you know when I know.

When does the show open?

George · « **Reply #140 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:30:48 PM »

Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 09:52:30 PM

And then I went down to Portland Oregon with cyber son Jed and daughter-in-law, Ann for a signing by this old Jew from California. Without a doubt this was the best signing I had ever attended. The author was charming and witty, and he told the best stories. I wish I could remember his name.

I think I was at that signing! That was the only book signing that I've ever been to. I've had singers sign stuff, but that's not the topic of the day.

George · « **Reply #141 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:31:20 PM »

Quote from: TCB on April 12, 2014, 10:29:21 PM

Quote from: George on April 12, 2014, 10:25:19 PM
I'll let you know when I know.

When does the show open?

Friday, April 25, and we run three weekends.

George · « **Reply #142 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:45:31 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 12, 2014, 03:09:05 PM

This made me laugh! What the hell was that bride thinking?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/37-people-who-failed-so-spectacularly-they-almost-won#2538016

Those were funny!

George · « **Reply #143 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:56:05 PM »

Quote from: Laura on April 12, 2014, 12:56:22 PM

TOD: I didn't go because I was out of town, but last week David Sibley, who wrote the whole series of Sibley's Field Guide to North American Birds, was in town doing a book signing. I would have gone.

About 10 years ago, the non-fiction selector (since retired) for the library where I work, thinking she was buying a title for a general subject, chose this book by just the title alone: The Field Guide to the North American Bird...however, if you click on the link and look at the cover, you'll see what it's really about!

George · « **Reply #144 on:** April 12, 2014, 10:59:52 PM »

Well, today I and four others of Theater Artists Olympia went down to the TAO storage unit, rented a U-Haul truck and
emptied out our storage unit. Well, we got most of the stuff out. We were there for several hours sorting, moving, almost getting hurt, hauling crap, etc.

George · « **Reply #145 on:** April 12, 2014, 11:00:29 PM »

After the van was loaded, a couple of the guys took it to the dump and dumped stuff, then we all met at another woman's house who said that we could store a lot of the flats and risers at her house (although she didn't tell her husband about it until this morning). Then, we went to The Midnight Sun, our performance space, and unloaded what was left in the van. I got to the storage unit at about 10:15 am, and didn't leave the Sun until about 6:15 pm.

George · « **Reply #146 on:** April 12, 2014, 11:01:19 PM »

And now I have a sunburn.

George · « **Reply #147 on:** April 12, 2014, 11:01:31 PM »

We were all SO glad that we chose the 24-foot truck instead of trying to save money on a shorter truck. We got most of it in one trip with just three stops, but if we'd have had to come back to the space more than once to fill the truck again, the 99¢/mile charge (it was the same for any sized truck) would've really killed us.

George · « **Reply #148 on:** April 12, 2014, 11:05:03 PM »

I went to Taco Del Mar for dinner (I had a $5 off punch card!) after it all ended, and when I came home, I took a nap. I sort of slept for a couple of hours and I now feel a little better.

George · « **Reply #149 on:** April 12, 2014, 11:05:27 PM »

Well, since we're so close...

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