Friday, September 12, 2008

post script to running

Writing the blog this morning I almost forgot about what happened last week with Victoria's microphone.

Victoria has her microphone pinned inside the front of her low cut dress. Victoria was having a problem with the mic so Cheri was helping her right before she had to enter. The music is playing- David and Fowler are walking on stage they click their glasses to start the show which is the cue for Victoria to enter...no Victoria... they click the glasses again and offstage in the wings Cheri has her hand down the front of Victoria's dress trying to help her with the microphone. Cheri is try to pin the mic. Unfortunately she gets her glove pinned to Victoria's dress and now Victoria has this long white glove sticking out the front of her dress. With seconds to spare Cheri unpins her glove, gets Victoria's dress and microphone fixed and Victoria walks onstage as if nothing in the world has happened. Elapsed time probably about 15 seconds. Cheri runs around to the other side of the stage and enters on her cue.

That is the joy of live theatre and the legends that are made with moments of panic.

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