but it feels like sunday night, because i just got back from st. louis, where i had a wonderful time. i got to sit in the VERY FRONT ROW at a cardinals game. i could have easily jumped over the low wall in front of me and ran out onto the field, but there were plenty of people there who would have tackled me/hauled me off to jail, and i didn’t want the night to go like that.
but i could have.
i’ve been in some fancy seats at sporting events before, but nothing was like sitting that close. they played the pirates, and a bunch of pirates fans came down to where i was sitting, because they wanted pirates autographs. we were sitting right near their dugout, by third base. i was amazed, looking at these players, with their massive forearms. i’m assuming their upper arms were just as big, but i couldn’t really say, “would you mind pulling up your sleeve, please, mr. ballplayer?” they were all very friendly to their fans, which i thought was nice of them.
there are some photos of me at the game, but i don’t have them just yet, but soon, i promise.
it was hot hot hot in st. louis, as it is here, but it didn’t matter. front row.
here are a couple more photos of me in “paint your wagon.” first is the costume i wore in the first scene i was in, where i said a total of four lines:
and this is my can can dress:
here’s something nice: in her review of the show, margaret wrote about how good the men in the chorus were, and she wrote “they can sing ’there is nothing like a dame’ on my front lawn anytime.’”
so don, the music director, asked the men if they’d do just that. they planned to meet thursday night. i was going to go with them to show them where she lived, but i was in st. louis SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW at the baseball game, so mom went with them instead. i’d been afraid that only a couple of guys would show up, because i hadn’t heard any of them saying they’d do it, but mom says a whole lot of them were there, and margaret was surprised and delighted. in addition to “dame,” they sang “there’s a coach coming in,” from our show. this was one of my favorite numbers, because it’s the only one i got to see every night. they’re singing about the coach (we didn’t have an actual coach) that was filled with us can can dancers. after the number, we sashayed down the hill at the side of the seating area and onto the stage.
i liked doing that, the sashaying. i had a few sashaying opportunities in the play, which was a lot of fun, because the only thing required of me was to not stumble and fall. not a difficult thing, usually, but i’m very stumbling-prone. the sauntering was fun because i could be full of character, but not actually having to do anything. later in the play i got to saunter up the stairs in my can can dress, which was even more fun, because of the big crinoline slip thing underneath it. lots of swooshing around in that thing, very fun. plus i got to toss my ridiculous long blonde banana curls.
FIRST ROW. life is good.
ok then,
grace making the most of summer.