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Thanks to everyone who came out to see A Christmas Carol! It was a wonderful experience. I had a fantastic group of people to work with in the scene I was in. It was a truely great experience to be in a play with my son, it was something I always thought, in the back of my mind would be neat to do, but wasn't expecting it would be this soon. Thanks to all who helped make our experience so enjoyable and thanks to those who helped watch him as that helped me be at ease.

Unfortunately my little guy became sick Monday and his teacher called home to give me the heads up. I've kept him home the last three days and he has been fighting fever all week his highest temp almost 105 degrees. The medication would bring it down but once it wore off back up it went. Today it seems to have broke as his temp is below 100 and he is getting an appetite again. On his second night of being sick he asked if he and I could go to rehearsal again to see all his new friends and that he missed it and that he thought it was fun. His teacher saw the show and was very proud of him. She even called today to see how he was doing. She's great! We are so glad he is on the upswing now.

Today he watched the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol and was pointing out the different charactors and who played them in our show.

This weekend I am going to try to make the improv show, I wonder if there will be any karaoke anywhere after that the theatre gang might be heading to hint hint hint...

I need approx 80 feet of 10-3 wire to run underground. Where can I buy some at a reasonable price?

Yeah it is a little late ... but so is my mail man. Anyway I had another enjoyable evening watching the improvisation corporation perform at the Arts Center on October 29. There was also a brother sister team playing fiddle and piano to open and close the show. It only cost 5 bucks too! What a deal! This is the second show I've attended for the IC, the first one in September had (I forget the name of the group) three ladies singing older tunes with a fourth lady accompanying on piano, open and close the show.

I got to thinking I would not normally go see these other acts if they were appearing by themselves, but I am glad I got to see them as I love listening to harmonies and found myself humming along. The brother sister team I enjoyed also and found myself tapping my feet to the music. I also enjoy watching to see how other performers handle the unexpected little things that happen in live performances and how they work through them(a little improv of their own).

The flip side to this of course is the people that went to the show to really see the musical acts and some had their first taste of an Improv show. During both shows people sitting around me were having a great time laughing, and enjoying the non intimidating(to the audience) humor. I often heard things like ... Was that really NOT rehearsed? How do they do that? and I haven't laughed like that in a long time! For me the "No Profanity" rule was a bonus because I have seen it used often as a crutch...get the quick laugh etc. I personally feel more comfortable and enjoy it more not hearing the profanity but seeing the acting that might possibly evoke it.

I really like the format of the show as it gives the audience a chance to have a taste of both forms of entertainment and may broaden the interests of the spectators.

Hopefully my wife and my mother will be able to attend the next show at the Arts Center, with me.

After the show, on the way home, I dropped in to a friends Halloween Party. It was nice as I really hadn't seen them really since their wedding approx 4 years ago, so it was nice to catch up and as an added bonus I got to sing a couple of tunes with none other than Chad! Great Fun!