So, the big news this month is that the local Musical Society, of which I am a long-time member, is doing Les Miserables as our 2013 production. There is such a lot of interest in this show - I'm told that it's on the bucket list of anyone who is really into musicals, whether as a singer or musician. Certainly it's on mine - and now there's a chance to fulfill that dream. I am still tossing up whether to audition for a stage role or tell MotH, who has been appointed Musical Director, that I'd like to go back to my percussion-playing days and be in the orchestra. Prob'ly I'll audition, and then see what happens. There is also the option for me to put myself forward to be Stage Manager - I've just done this for our recently-finished production of Avenue Q, and I really enjoyed it and learned heaps about an area of theatre I really didn't know much about before.
Bloss, of course, is way excited. Isn't Les Mis one of her favourite books? Isn't Victor Hugo one of her literary heroes, to the extent that we are spending 4 days in Paris on our holiday later in the year, with a visit to his house at the top of the To-Do list? Isn't Les Mis one of her favourite musicals? Wouldn't she love to be in it - preferably as an ABC barricade boy (even though she's a girl...), but would be happy with any role?
MotH is, as I've said, the Musical Director, and he's already been inundated with calls from musos who want to play in the orchestra. There's even some interest from someone who lives 130-odd km away who would be willing to travel to play in it! He has some time up his sleeve to make the necessary decisions, but it's a nice dilemma to have - more musos interested that he could possibly fit into the pit. He has played this show before, and is quite excited at the prospect of being the boss this time around.
Anyway, enough about this. More about the European holiday.
We head off at the end of September for four days in Paris, a Rhine River cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, and then a two-day stopover in Singapore on the way back. MotH is on long service leave from his job from the beginning of September so we are taking the opportunity to do some travel while Bloss is still of an age where holidays with Mum and Dad are still cool. It should be a fabulous time. I have been overseas before but only to Fiji and the west coast of the US. MotH has been to Fiji, New Zealand and China - remind me to tell you about his China trip some time, it's quite a story - and Bloss has never left her home shores. So, it will a new and exciting time for us all, and a great family experience. We have a friend house- and dog-sitting, so that's all sorted. Just have to arrange passports, flights from our home state to the state of departure and back, and save lots of dollars for the purchasing of souvenirs...
Anyway, gotta go. An Info session for Les Mis is happening, and as Society Treasurer and MD respectively, MotH and I are expected to be present. More some time or other...
