The Bronx Zoo found their cobra. Disappointed is an understatement. I am crushed. The brilliant vocal life of this cobra was cut short far too soon. Sad day :-( Her last tweet? If you see a bag of peanuts inexplicably moving along the ground at Yankee Stadium today. Just ignore it. It’s probably nothing.
Ted did submit a hilarious vocal audition for Aflac. I was his vocal coach. I gave him some ideas for different emotional inflections to try that would demonstrate his full vocal range and made sure he crisply hit his “k” sound at the end of “Aflac.” But he did all the work and his voices were just plain awesome! Very funny! We had such a fun time sitting in the living room recording them and laughing! Maybe (if he lets me! He won’t.) I’ll post it for you to hear :-)
April Fool’s Day was especially funny for Ted and the other people and students working at CCM in the lights and electrics shop. They have a hand sanitizer machine that automatically pumps hand sanitizing foam into your hand when you put your hand under it. Unfortunately, it is really poorly placed. It’s located on the side of a bookshelf and whenever someone walks too close to it or leans against the bookshelf, it automatically deposits a blob of foam that runs down your shoulder or arm. It’s hilarious to watch the unsuspecting passerby get oozed with sanitizer – as long as it’s not happening to you. Boys, being boys, decided to remove the machine from the bookshelf and rig it above the doorway entrance to the electrics shop. Whenever the door opened the automatic mechanism was triggered and whoever came through the door was treated to a blob of foam on their hair and down their face. They then turned on all the built-in cameras in the Mac computers in the room and video recorded it for 3 hours straight. Nice, right? But really really funny – especially since everyone in that building (me included!) has been foiled by that damn hand sanitizer at least once.
Two nights ago we drove 20 minutes down to Covington, Kentucky to the Carnegie Arts Center for a free preview final dress performance of the musical Carousel. Being an insider in the arts community has some definite perks – I don’t think we’ve paid to see a show since we moved to Cincinnati! The building, an all around arts center, including a library, galleries, and auditorium was opened in 1904. Please read about it and view beautiful pictures of the space here. After scarfing down a pizza tailgate style in the bed of Ted’s truck behind the theatre, we ventured inside to see the art galleries. The theme was food art:
We went into the auditorium and I was instantly reminded of the theatres we saw in the castles in Germany – it had the exact same shape, architectural style, carvings and paintings, stage, and even color scheme. It was nearly identical to my favorite castle theatre in Germany, right down to the dark stained wood on the staircases, robin’s egg blue walls, red and gold touches in the seats, paintings and carvings, and the balcony!! The acoustics of the space were a nightmare, but the show was enjoyable. I wasn’t crazy about some of the acting, but the dancers, in particular the ballet scene, were great! And of course, who can really complain for a free night’s entertainment?
Next up I’ll post about our weekend – the 5k walk/run and the Reds v. Brewers MLB baseball game!
