Ready for the off

This weekend brought our closing performances at the Minneapolis Children's Theatre and the end to a fun filled 6 weeks where the temperature has fluctuated from -29 to +7c at times. Its been great fun here and all yesterday as we passed folk in the halls they would wish us "happy closing". Its an odd sentiment as usually there is not much happiness associated with a show closing, it usually signals a return to unemployment, auditions and the end of a job. However, as we already know, in Minneapolis, with a permanent acting company, it merely signals the start of the next challenge. For us, well it means 3 weeks back on the road, a journey that will take us to Pittsburgh and Nashville before completing the triangle and heading back to Minneapolis to dump the set, pick up some things and head for Blighty. We all felt slightly odd yesterday as the last show here felt a bit like the right time to end the tour, and there is a danger of the next 3 weeks being a bit of a damp squib ending to what has been a great tour. I know I've said it before, but I have been hugely impressed with the Children's Theatre and do think there are lessons to be learned from the way they approach work and conduct themselves. Our parting gift to them was to add a sneaky photo the wall of the dressing room we'd been using, who knows when it will be noticed.

The birds we are molesting are singing birds that regale people with "Santa Baby" every time you walk by.

Our closing yesterday combined with my 30th Birthday did provide a great excuse for a session in the CC club, that started at 4 and ended at 4 pretty much as we drank, sang, drank, changed location to the "Bryant Lake Bowl" (not so much a bowling alley as a bar with a couple of lanes) and then headed back to Rik the sound guys pad where we all promptly passed out and eventually stumbled our way home. The evening ended with Anna and Rik making plans to go skiing, something that has not materialised.


Tomorrow we head east to Pittsburgh, so till then I'd better do some laundry and try and figure out why I always feel a hangover in my thighs!


Alan