Second Star to the Right

[shiredancer]

So, two days ago I sewed the belly on a crocodile, and trimmed a mermaid's tail. This can only mean one thing: Kidlet's play this summer is "Peter Pan". She's a pirate, arrrr! *Waves at Lin* They've done their usual thing of adding bits and pieces and lines so that all the kids get to do something (what else can you do with a summer camp that attracts 80 kids, even though it's split into two casts?), and the traditional "Indians" are now "Amazons" because of being all girls, and for some reason they thought it would be more PC *snort*. The sets are incredible -- vibrant shades of green and yellow-green for Neverland, all outlined with blacklight paint so that there's a terrific glow-in-the-dark effect for certain scenes. They open one act with the Amazons doing a choreographed routine with glow-in-the-dark poi balls, which seem to be enormously popular in the dance community these days -- I've seen them used by belly dancers lately, usually on fire.

The crocodile is amazing -- the woman who made the costume apparently has a specialty in animal costumes. He glows in the dark too *g*.

Must fly now -- much of the weekend will be consumed with the production. Here we go -- second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning!

Comments

[trislindsay.livejournal.com]

That's a well-known line fron Erma Bombeck. (That'll teach me to answer posts when I'm exhausted! I should have credited it!) MY son used to decide every year that he was too old to go trick or treating, then come in at the last second and demand a costume. He always got a white sheet and make-up because I'm not talented in that area!

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

LOL! I love Erma Bombeck, but guess I'm not as well-acquainted with her lines as I could be.

Oh well, white sheets work fine! Oddly, for Halloween Kidlet used to insist on a *store-bought* costume instead of homemade. Saved me some time, anyway.

[trislindsay.livejournal.com]

I swear, at one time I had her early books memorized! They got me through raising my boys. I even had an exact experience once with my youngest when he answered the phone while I was putting ketchup on the sandwiches I was making for the boys. "She can't come to the phone right now," Dom said, "She's hitting the bottle." Right out of one of the books! I was laughing so hard, I'm sure the person on the other end of the line thought I really was drunk!