We arrived in Ft Collins Colorado yesterday afternoon. When we got off the bus, we noticed a difference in temperature. It was in the 20's and there was snow on the ground. The snow continued overnight and there are now a few inches of beautiful white snow on the ground. Our bus is also getting holiday like! Little by little we are all decorating our areas. Alaggio and I put up lights and garland around ours and Colin put some pine garland, lights, and red bows up along his. Check out the pictures!! We've been continually finding secret santa gifts ever since it started. Now people are getting really creative. Ashley's secret santa had her go to the front desk at our last hotel and do a dance from the Nutcracker in the lobby along with a scene from Oliver. None of us knew what was going on when she started dancing. Now Ashley's probably one of the happiest people I know, but I never expected to see her doing ballet in the hotel lobby, lol! Last night was hysterical when David's secret santa made him perform as Old Sally during sound check. We were all amazed at all of the lines he knew! Tonight Stacie's secret santa gave her a toy microphone and made her do a rap! We're all really having a good time with this!
The first show in Ft Collins was last night and oh what a show, lol! It seemed like everything that could go wrong did. The funniest was probably when Mikey's coat got stuck on the bridge during Consider Yourself and it took both Chaz and Chris to pull him free! We were dying watching him try to move along to no avail, haha! But Mikey, the trouper that he was, didn't let it affect his performance at all. Even though he had a huge rip down the back of his jacket! A bunch of other things went wrong, benches and tables weren't where they were supposed to be, hankies flew down when they were supposed to fly up, sausages fell on the floor, etc. It was all humorous until Jenn fell right on her bottom off of Alaggio's shoulder's during Pick a Pocket. She got up and kept going, so we didn't think anything was wrong til all of the sudden we realized she wasn't on stage. After a short bit, we saw Ashley come on stage to take over Jenn's part. At that point we knew something was really wrong. When we checked on her at intermission, she was getting ready to head to the hospital with Clare. We were all praying that she didn't break her tailbone and as it turned out, our prayers were answered and she didn't. She is still sore, but recovering. They had her take a break from the show tonight and she seemed to enjoy watching for the first time. She was excited about what a good show they have! It was also a good chance for her to watch Colin as she's his understudy.
This morning the boys had school from 9-11, then there was a brush up rehearsal at the theatre in the afternoon. Colin and I decided to order take out from Pita Pit for dinner tonight so we could just hang out in the room. Brittany introduced us to Pita Pit at SU and we have loved it ever since! The show went 150 times better tonight than last night. There was so much energy, we really enjoyed watching. It was James first show as Mr Bumble and he was amazing! It seemed like he's been doing the role forever! Great job James!!
We have 2 more days in Ft Collins and then head to South Dakota on Sunday. We're hoping to bring the boys around the town tomorrow after school, so we can all see a little bit of the area. It seems like a great town!
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