Tidewater Jr Debuts with Seussical, Jr

Tidewater put on its first ever Junior production. They held a camp for two weeks and prepared the entire Seussical, Jr in that time. An incredible feat, and a great, entertaining show. They'll follow this with a teen camp/production in a few weeks.



Corinne intends to play a part in the teen production (Les Miserables), but for the junior camp, she was a counselor and a stage manager. A few pics from opening night showing the fruits of their labor...

Beauty in da hood

A Very Merry Unbirthday to ME

I celebrated my 38 1/2 birthday yesterday, including Cherry Dump Cake and a half-hearted "Hap Birth to You". We ate. We said good night.

Opening Night, Beauty and The Beast

We opened Friday. Had an awesome crowd, had fantastic performances, and a power failure. Passing severe thunderstorms knocked out power to the theater about 10 minutes into Act 2. We waited for generators to kick in, or power to return, but after a few minutes something needed to be done.

With power out, the house and stage had some lighting from emergency lights--adequate lighting for an unexcited evacuation, but not enough for a show. No light backstage, no microphones, no music.

So we rolled out the piano and did our best to entertain the crowd while the directors and theatre staff figured out what to do. The entire cast came out on stage in whatever costume happened to be on--some the audience hadn't seen yet. We ran a couple of show numbers. Then we sang happy birthday to those with birthdays in the audience. Bobby (Cogsworth) worked the crowd at all times. Then we sang a few more songs.

The decision was made to cancel the rest of the performance (the first time in twenty years that a show was canceled due to power failure) and reschedule for the following Wednesday. A refund was also offered.

This didn't help our guests who had come in from Cumberland and could only stay that evening. But that wasn't the worst. Others I'm sure were in a similar boat. Beast and Cogsworth (in costume) found two sad little girls from South Carolina who were visiting grandparents, and were leaving the following morning. They gave the girls attention and apologies and hugs. I don't have a picture of the sobbing little girl clinging to The Beast. We have something in store for those two, but I can't share what it is, at least not yet.

The only pictures I have are the cast during the impromptu sing-along, and Belle autographing for one of the girls in the audience.

Senior Awards

Just a quick shot from Senior Awards. Walking the stage are the recipients of the awards for Tech (Joel), Acting (Corinne), Vocal (Brendan).

Play Hard or Stay Home: Penn Manor Tourney

14 Teams in 4 pools. Our pool was 3 teams, and we defeated the first team, and lost to the second. I brought my camera--with extra batteries, but left the memory at home. Doh!

The third game was Sunday morning 8am, and several players stayed home, apparently disgruntled. The 8 players that showed up won, and advanced to play York PAL. I missed the morning game for church, but made it to the second game. The facility for that game was Millersville University, so the court was very nice, and my vantage point for pictures was the best I've had yet. Pictures:

High School Graduation

Success! The graduation ceremony went off without a hitch. Nobody tripped going across the stage, the invited speakers restrained themselves appropriately, and were at times interesting. My preference would have been to excise Mr. Ekey's address, but otherwise, all went well. We sat in reasonably comfortable seats, necessarily far from the graduates, in air-conditioned comfort. And when it was over, we took pictures.