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[Ginny]

TOD:

Quiz Show
Apollo 13

[Jennifer]

DR Jennifer if I find a book mark on this trip I will be surprised.  Just in case, do you have any favorite animals?

I don't really have a favorite. But all African animals seem interesting (elephants, lions...).  Thanks for always thinking of me. IT means a lot.

[Druxy]

T.O.D.

THE LONGEST DAY
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS

[Jane]

DR Jennifer if I find a book mark on this trip I will be surprised.  Just in case, do you have any favorite animals?

I don't really have a favorite. But all African animals seem interesting (elephants, lions...).  Thanks for always thinking of me. IT means a lot.

It is my pleasure.

[TCB]

Good morning (barely) / afternoon.

[TCB]

Here is a picture from DR JANE's BookFace.

What are you doing in that one-horse town?

[Jane]

Tomorrow we will dock in Richard's Bay, South Africa.  We will be taki g a boat ride to see crocs, hippos, and birds.  I am excited about the  birds and a bit nervous a hippo will charge us 😄

[Jane]

DR TCB.

[TCB]

DR TCB is right - it is not unusual for someone coming to auditions at our theatre to write down they are auditioning for the lead.  I always put "Will you accept another role?  YES NO".  They circle YES, but if you offer them something else, suddenly they don't want to waste their time NOT doing a leading role.

These are usually people who are lucky to be in the ensemble....and these are also the people who complain on FaceBook and to their friends, that the same people are always cast in the leads....

Well, they come to auditions, they most likely have spent their time in the ensemble and smaller roles, AND they can be trusted to come to rehearsal and learn their music and lines....take a smaller role and prove that you can do those things and see what happens.

I always cast people who have been in smaller roles or the chorus as new leads rather than people I don't know.  I also look on the audition sheets for people who have LOTS of shows....but all of them are at DIFFERENT theatres....why no where more than once?  I wonder.......

I agree with you, Jrand.  It is a matter of paying your dues.  When I started out I was thrilled to be in the ensemble or possibly given a line or two.  Nowadays, it is a matter of entitlement.  Maybe there was a larger pool of community theater actors when I started out.  Today it is often hard to find enough men to cast for a lot of shows.

[TCB]

At the old actor's lunch last week we were talking about one particular actor who is in so many shows.  One of the group wondered aloud why he was continuing to be cast.  The reason is simple - he is willing to do any role you offer him.

[TCB]

Today must be rant day.

A friend wrote on BookFace this morning that the new Tax Bill is not advantageous for farmers either.

I don't think it does anyone any good except the billionaires who bribed the GOP bigwigs to sponsor it.

The GOP bigwigs ARE the billionaires.

[TCB]

Tomorrow we will dock in Richard's Bay, South Africa.  We will be taki g a boat ride to see crocs, hippos, and birds.  I am excited about the  birds and a bit nervous a hippo will charge us 😄

No, I think the hippos do it for free.

[Ginny]

Gingerbread dough chilling ‘til tomorrow. 

[TCB]

Wow, I am fast approaching a big milestone.

[John G.]

Good afternoon, all.

[John G.]

Long day already. It’s cold and rainy.

[John G.]

But I bought the second to the last gift I need.

[John G.]

Tonight is the Christmas party with Joan Jett.

[John G.]

TOD:

Dersu Uzala
Raging Bull
Hotel Rwanda
12 Years a Slave
Nowhere in Africa
Malcolm X

[John G.]

In case you like the blues at Christmas, here’s my old high school classmate Joan Osborne asking the eternal question: good girls get toys at Christmas, Santa, but what do bad girls get?

https://youtu.be/tIxY5px1j_U

I love this song.

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

[Laura]

Good afternoon. I just dropped Wae-Ling and Sandra off at the new Star Wars movie. After I pick them up, it will be time for the party tonight.

[TCB]

But I bought the second to the last gift I need.

I hope it is what I wanted.

[Jeanne]

I just received a solicitation for a new credit card. The envelope was unsealed, i.e., opened, and the application form was missing. Ugh! I sent an email to the post office, but I don't expect much help from them.  I suppose I could contact the credit card company's fraud department, but so far it's only mail tampering, not identity theft. Ugh! again.

[John G.]

But I bought the second to the last gift I need.

I hope it is what I wanted.

But it’s not something you need: Gin.

[TCB]

The rain has returned to Tacoma.

[TCB]

But I bought the second to the last gift I need.

I hope it is what I wanted.

But it’s not something you need: Gin.

I hope you mean the card game.

[Jeanne]

At least it’s a ME day till show time tonight.  Kristi and Nathan are going - their first time to see this, so that will be good.  Too bad it’s our one night without a bass player.  Last night’s sub was great, but literally no one was available tonight.  Saturday before Christmas week, parties and shows everywhere, everyone’s booked.

What will you do without a bass player?

Just play it.  It’ll be a piano and drums thing - not piano, bass and drums.

Last night’s guy asked me if I was going to split the keyboard and “play the bass” myself.  Oddly, I hadn’t even thought of that, and it’s not a horrible idea.  But not for this show, and certainly not without a lot of mental rearranging and practice.  The full two-handed piano sound is much more important than attempting that.

This is not a problem I ever thought about, but I'm not a musician. You seem to know how to handle it. Vibes it goes well.

[John G.]

It’s for the annual Holiday Hooch Exchange.

[TCB]

It’s for the annual Holiday Hooch Exchange.

Ah, is that tonight?