Well, dear readers, our second Kritzerland rehearsal was a ton of fun, I fixed one put-together that the singer was struggling with – he was right to struggle because it just wasn’t right – the problem was solved quickly and easily – I reversed the two songs and voila – worked perfectly. They don’t really go together in terms of making a little story, but the set-up to them is to do one classic Disney song from the Golden Age and one of the newer songs of the last twenty years or so. But we were starting with the newer song, and it just didn’t work. Now it does. I think it’s going to be a really good show and hopefully I will be in good shape to pull my weight and trust me there’s plenty to pull. Actually, yesterday was a pretty nice day – almost no gunk at all. But it was another night of tossing and turning, mostly because the crab cakes I ate were probably tainted in some way – I was nauseous all night until I finally fell asleep at six in the morning. I slept until noon, so at least I got six hours. I answered e-mails, printed out the show order for everyone, showered, and then we had our rehearsal. After that, I ordered food from the always reliable Uncle Andre’s – the fried catfish meal with two sides – potato salad, which I JUST ate, and baked beans, which I was trying for the first time and boy were they good. I received a box of biscotti that I’d ordered. The ad was on Facebook, and they looked great, so I went to the site and they had one sort of trial box, where you could order the flavors you wanted. That’s what I did – chocolate chocolate chip, almond, cranberry, orange chocolate chip. They’re half the size of a normal biscotting and only 45 calories each. I never eat biscotti even though I love them. Well, I had one of each and they were really good. The jernt is called True Delicious, and they live up to their name. Then I finally sat on my couch like so much fish and watched another ABC Movie of the Week, this one entitled A Taste of Evil from 1971, starring Barbara Stanwyck, William Windom, Arthur O’Connell, and Barbara Parkins. It’s directed very well by John Llwellyn Moxey, but the script is pretty standard Jimmy Sangster and easy to figure out. Another really good score by Robert Drasnin is very helpful, and Barbara Stanwyck looks great. She was around sixty-two at the time. I didn’t remember that she lived until 1990 and passed at eighty-two. For me, she remains one of the greatest screen actresses ever. Then I started another TV movie – not an ABC one, from 1970, this one called Night Chase with David Janssen and Yaphet Kotto. I’m sure it’s not great, but it’s 1971 in LA, so I’m hoping we’ll get some good location footage. I only watched five minutes. As usual, there are always interesting people in small roles who later became famous – in this one we have a VERY young William Katt, billed as Bill Katt. And a character actor named John Carter who I worked with in something. Let’s see if I can find out what. Must have been a commercial. And here we are.
Today, I’m resting the voice, going to the mail place, stopping to get more Ricola, maybe grabbing something to eat to bring home, and then I’ll just watch, listen, and relax.
Tomorrow will be more resting the voice, hoping to hear that the publisher got all the files and is moving it through the system, but mostly I’m just resting. Tuesday is our stumble-through, then Wednesday is sound check and show.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, rest my voice, go to the mail place, get some more Ricola, eat, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, the day in which you dear readers get to make with the topics and we all get to post about them. So, let’s have loads of lovely topics and loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to have discovered once again the wonderful world of biscotti.