Hi from Aberdeen!
This is Grace writing about our very first day on
tour. This morning we all woke up bright and early to be at LAMB by 7:45. After
some goodbyes to our family and some advice from Mr. Wooley, we were off. In
our first hour in the car we talked about the show, listened to music, and
talked about TV shows (such as SMASH) and how skorts are just a mullet for your
butt. After one hour we all decided that we hadn't annoyed each other ...yet.
We played “catch phrase”, a very quick game of vocal charades, when we discovered
Ben wants to have a democratic surprise party (inside joke). We took a rest
stop to run around and get some energy out. After only about a minute of being
in the car, it started down raining and lightning-ing :) We had a Sound Of
Music sing along to keep us occupied, because some of us (Duncan and Ben) don't
really like thunderstorms.
We
finally got to Aberdeen SD, and passed by my favorite place from last year, the
Dollar Loan Center. I am very obsessed, don't ask why. I made up a song and an
advertisement about it. When I saw that they also have a website, I was very
excited. (go to dontbebroke.com to see) We got to our hotel, which is very
nice, and discovered instead of 3 rooms with 2 beds we got 3 rooms each with 1
large bed each. Now Josie and I don't mind, but the boys were a little freaked
out about sharing a bed. Duncan created a chair bed made of pillows and chairs
from our room. When a little down time before our show got too long Josie and I
decided to make coffee to bring to the boys. Apparently it wasn't very good.
After falling off the bed we packed for our performance at Aberdeen Central
High School's Thomas Kelly Theater. Josie and I both were on the tour last
year, so we knew what to expect, but the boys were surprised at the size of the
high school. (It's huge!) We had to set up and run through several parts of the
show to adjust to the stage's levels. We had a great show for an audience of
about 450. Mrs. Wooley said she heard many great things from the audience
members.
After
packing up our big Mrs. Mershmallow (our van) we went to the Dollar Loan Center
once more so we could take some more pics. (see picture) After that we all
decided we needed food, so we stopped at an Arby's, where we all got some sort
of roast beef sandwich thing. In the car we talked about who was going to write
the blog. When we got to our hotel we turned on some old re-runs of Friends and
listened to Seussical music while practicing our dances. Then I sat down and started writing this
blog. It was a long, but fun first day. 1 day down...6 to go. :)
signing off,
Tracy (Grace)
