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August 15, 2002
I have been a bad
I have been a bad blogger. I can't believe how long it's been. The frustrating thing is that I have been so busy because so many interesting things have been happening. Right now, I am taking a break from my business plan research to write a little this and a little that. So here are some highlights from the last few weeks.
A whale of a Tale
My friend Russell has asked me to audition for a staged reading of the rewrites of the musical Moby Dick. The story takes the epic tale out of the stolidness of a huge novel and puts it in the hands of an all-girls school's performance. Apparently it's pretty funny. If I make the cut, I may get an opportunity to perform for Cameron Mackintosh and other Broadway luminaries. This is actually a double-edged sword. Because Cameron is excited about seeing how the show now works the scope of this once small project is getting bigger and bigger. Broadway veterans may also sing in the reading. I am feeling a little out of my depth but I am also determined to give it the old college try.
Hot and hold the Guacomole
Last Sunday I went to the Hudson River Park at Pier 25 in Manhattan. A Dance School co-sponsors the evening. So there I am out on the pier with my friend David and his aunt learing how to Salsa. After the half hour lesson, a really great Cuban Salsa band played until 10 so David and I could practice our moves. It brought back memories of the fun times I had with Felicia, Tim and Sean at Elvia's in Houston. Though I knew the basics of salsa, David didn't. I was surprised and relieved to discover that he was a pretty quick study. He is also taller than I and that is really cool. David's aunt who is two months younger than he is a salsa afficionado. She dances in the clubs in LA with the professionals. She also gave us both some pretty cool pointers. The weather was breezy, the music was great, and the sunset over the water was inspiring. To top it, the whole event is FREE! and they do it every week in the summer months. I can't believe it's taken me the end of my second summer to take advantage of this great opportunity: learning how to dance for free, open air and great music. AHHHHH! I miss dancing. Gotta get right back to where I started from on that one.
Guy!!
I met a friend of Guy Forsyth's at our last TITC party. He sounds so great in person and IRL. Roxy has promised to give me the hook up the next time he is up this way. I would still like for TITC to help produce something for him the next time he is up this way. He is just too talented not to share with everybody I know. Hopefully Roxy will also give me the hook up on getting the chord charts to Guy's "I'm Mad". I hope to sing that in the forthcoming TITC Cabaret.
August 7th Party a Success
We had our fifth party at Serena and it was also a great success. We had a really healthy and robust crowd, made some money for the bar and had a great time meeting new people and hanging out with some of our "regulars". The cool thing is that the party didn't die on the vine during the treacherous summer months. New York City in the summer is a ghost town and we managed to keep it going. So I am very proud of my partners and I. Our next party is in October on the 2nd. We are taking September off out of respect for the 9-11 memorials. This will also give us the time to go big guns for October. We are looking at some new opportunities for the October parties which we will unveil as they progress on our website. I am a little frustrated about the October party. It's going to be great! But I have a wedding to go to on the 5th in Austin. Now I am torn between staying for the party and leaving Thursday morn or missing the party completely. If some of our special guests choose that party to attend and I miss it I will just be sick! Patience is a virtue of which I am blessed with little but I am not going to decide anything yet. I still have a few weeks before I have to make my reservations.
Annum
Happy Birthday Grandma Lucio. I love you. And yes! I washed my hands.
Posted by mermu at August 15, 2002 01:52 PM
Comments
I vote that you leave NYC thursday late morning. I am not getting to Austin til Wednesday PM. I think all will be okay if you arrive on Thursday. I wonder what Jennifer's opinion on this matter might be.
Posted by: mom at August 17, 2002 08:45 AM
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