{"id":7819,"date":"2012-12-10T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=7819"},"modified":"2017-06-28T22:36:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:36:59","slug":"a-calm-after-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=7819","title":{"rendered":"A Calm After The Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At last, the mad chaos of Tech Week is over, and we can relax.\u00a0 With 4 hour rehearsals every night and performances Thursday and Saturday nights, plus helping with the other cast&#8217;s production on Saturday afternoon, and staying for a little bit of tear-down afterward on Saturday night &#8211; followed by 8am arrival at church Sunday morning, plus youth mass for the girls in the afternoon &#8211; we were plumb done in by it all.\u00a0 Thursday night, Jeff and Mom were able to attend, but I didn&#8217;t get any photos.\u00a0 Saturday the East Enders and grandparents were there, and I got a FEW pics.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all I am happy to report that each of my children had a really truly wonderful semester in theater.\u00a0 Jacob learned a lot about performing in his first show, and I was so proud of his<strong> Ebenezer Dorsett<\/strong>, a slow-moving, slow-talking, shrewder than he looks banker, and father to the title character in <em>The Ransom of Emily Jane<\/em>.\u00a0 His <strong>sword fight<\/strong> was terrific in <em>The Feud of Paradise, TX<\/em>, and I never dreamed he could <strong>dance a jig<\/strong> with such panache till I saw him kicking up his heels to &#8220;Cotton Eye Joe&#8221; during the hoedown in <em>Cindy Ellen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Megan showed true professionalism in that, right before the show on Saturday night, she tripped in her big ol&#8217; cowboy boots going up the stairs, and sprained her ankle.\u00a0 Despite her pain, the injury was invisible as she perambulated arm in arm with the gossipy town ladies as <strong>Mrs. Nosey<\/strong> in <em>Ransom<\/em>, took center stage as the <strong>title character<\/strong> in <em>Cindy Ellen<\/em> (including several magical &#8220;quick changes&#8221;, galloping around the entire auditorium during a &#8220;horse race&#8221;, and dancing during the hoedown) and finally performing a <strong>flamenco dance<\/strong> in <em>Feud!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Geneva, in what was probably her final performance with MoezArt, won both the laughter and hearts of the audience, first with her <strong>Mrs. Chatterly<\/strong> in <em>Ransom<\/em>, whose facial expressions were simply priceless, and then as the boldest, bossiest little <strong>Fairy Godmother<\/strong> in the West in <em>Cindy Ellen<\/em>. 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