We were all excited when we got on the bus after our very unrestful night at the Howard Johnson in Statesboro! Once we got to our Clemson hotel, you would have thought it was the Ritz by our reaction to a nice clean hotel!!! During our lunch break on the way to Clemson, we were all delighted by the gorgeous weather! We enjoyed hanging out in the sun. Some of the cast had fun throwing a football and frisbee. Spencer was having a blast running around in the sun and seemed to get a new love for football. He chased the football wherever it was thrown! We all got to Clemson, checked in and after a little rest headed to the theatre. During act 2 of the show, Sue John and I headed to the Green Room to do a little work on the computer. Clare and Spencer were also in there. I was thrilled when I got a perfect picture of Spencer doing Erin's "Leg Up"! It's amazing all of the things that Spencer learned on tour lol! I have to say that the Leg up and Jeff's "oh snap" are my favorites, haha! After a good night sleep in the Clemson hotel we headed to Jacksonville. The weather in Jacksonville was beautiful (mid 70's)! The best part was that we had two golden days which allowed us to really enjoy Florida. Sue's family, Mike and Maria flew down to spend some time with her and Mikey. The first day, Clare organized a trip to the beach. We absolutely loved relaxing on the beach while the boys were brave enough to venture into the chilly ocean. The next day we headed to a science museum for a school fieldtrip. Later that night Mike and John took the boys to see Coraline which they really enjoyed. Unfortunately Maria was sick with a bad cough the whole time, so Sue stayed back with her in the room. Our last day there the cast had two shows. The first was at 10am and they were all really dreading it. Morning shows are tough on the voice and Colin wasn't very happy about going, but that all changed at the show. The morning show was for local schools. Afterwards, they held a question and answer session with the students. The first question that was asked was, "Is Dodger single" lol! From what I hear(I wasn't at that show) Colin's face turned beet red! From what I heard the girls really seemed to enjoy Colin's performance lol! Or should I just say, Colin! haha! They asked how old he was and when he told them 12 there were screams coming from the group. I'm guessing that was their age too! Needless to say, Colin was a different person when he got off the bus than when he got on. I think this willurn be one thing about the tour that he will never forget haha! Unfortunately, he will have to turn back into a "normal" kid again in 2 weeks!
We were all upset to see that someone got onto our bus the night before and pretty much ransacked the whole bus. All of our things were thrown about the bus, but for some reason the only thing that we noticed were missing was Mikey's Nintendo DS. That makes 3 DS's that were stolen on this tour :( It was really strange because Cameras, videocameras, computers, dvd players and many other valuable items were left.
This morning we boarded the bus for another full day busride to Morganton NC. Colin and I are very excited because my sister and brother in law(Cindy and Gary) are coming to tomorrow to see the show and will also be spending the night in our hotel. It'll be so wonderful to see them :)
Well that's it for now. My pictures are limited because of a bad battery, but I have since got a new one so hopefully I'll have a lot more pictures in the next 2 weeks!
I'll write again soon!
Missy