A show and a wedding

[elizilla]

Friday night we went to see "The Full Monty, The Musical" at the Encore Musical Theater in Dexter. I saw the movie it is based on, back when it was new. The version we saw Friday night, though, is set in Buffalo NY. I was glad not to see the actors trying to do English accents. Other than that the story is pretty much the same, though unfortunately no lawn gnomes were harmed. Instead they have a whole set of musical numbers which were not in the film. Lots of male singing roles, which is unusual for local theater. I thought they did a pretty good job and the singing was excellent. They used the lighting in such a way that I couldn't quite tell if they truly did the full monty or not. I suppose that also hews close to the film, which carefully left anything that might have gotten them an X rating, on the cutting room floor.

Last night we went to a wedding. Steve is friends with the bride's parents. I had never met either of them. But it was a lovely wedding and very emotional. The music at the reception was uncomfortably loud during dinner, and was turned up to painful when the dancing started, which I suppose was the cue for those who are too old, to retreat. Which we soon did. But I wished I hadn't become an elder, since it was very fun to watch. There is obviously a new dance everyone knows. I was not familiar with the song (couldn't even tell you what it was) or the dance but I got a huge kick of watching people do it in unison. And there were two young men, one black and one white, both very tall and skinny, who were putting on quite a show out there. I would have watched longer if I had thought to bring earplugs. Need to carry those next time I go to a wedding. Get offa my lawn, etc. :-)

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[the-rigger.livejournal.com]

Getting old & crotchety sucks, doesn't it? But it beats the crap out of the alternative, I have to say...

-R
(...in the snow, uphill both ways...)