Thursday Night

On Thursday, Sandra had her 2nd annual spring recital for her piano students. They all did exceptionally well, with very few mistakes. 15 students played; her adult student begged leave to be otherwise engaged that night. I would post pictures, except that I haven't got any, because I skipped out on it myself. Mark and I had a previous engagement with the Misko's, namely, to see Stefan's school play of Don Quixote. The play was comically transcribed by one of the teachers, the music was played by a fantastic guitarist who played for over 2 solid hours,and the play was performed entirely by the 15 seniors, and 1 of the people's-in-charge daughter, who played all 3 of the female roles. The 16th senior built the set, and moved the props around.



Anyway, they did a very good job, without any major slip-ups, and very few minor ones. Don probably had an hour of recitation himself, and didn't make a single mistake as far as I could tell. Sancho only made 1 very slight mistake; he had almost as many lines, and just as much acting; think I liked his role better.



I think it would be interesting to see a play performed by people you know. To see your friends take on completely different personalities (successfully, I mean). I don't count the church skits we did with Acteens as plays. The longest sketch we did was only about 1/2 hour, and, let's face it, it's pretty hard to find yourself captivated by the character of Gruffy the Bear, that is played by a girl in a brown cape, with ears sewn on the hood, or a first century shepherd wearing sunglasses, to disguise the fact that they also played an IRS agent. (Yes, it was a very strange play.)