Kathryn - Be True to Yourself
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Be True to Yourself
So ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) emmacrew and I are in this show, it's actually kind of a big deal, the Mark Morris Dance Group is in town doing "L'Allegro, Il Penderoso, et Il Moderato," which has been described by some as Mr. Morris's masterwork. It's set to Handel's oratorio of the same name, which is in turn a musical setting of two poems by Milton. Being an oratorio, it has lyrics, and so they needed a choir; being a dance production, they needed a small enough ensemble to shoehorn us all in the orchestra pit along with the Seattle Symphony pit orchestra, so they culled 32 singers out of the 120-voice Seattle Symphony Chorale. And we're two of them. Truthfully it's quite an honor.
Yesterday we had a 2.5 hour dress rehearsal, followed by a 3 hour dinner break before we had to reconvene for the show at 8. Emma had discovered that these folks had a salon in Westlake Center, and that they promise a 20 minute manicure, and so we decided that that would be fun to do in the meantime. We went to make appointments and were told that the first availability was at 5:30, so we cheerfully signed up for that and went off to do some shopping in the interim. 15 minutes later, we got a phone call from the salon; there had been a scheduling snafu, and they needed to bump us to 6. No problem, we said, we'll grab dinner first in the food court. We arrived at 6, and the extremely nervous host was wringing his hands and hopping from foot to foot and told us, "the scheduling snafu was for two pedicures. It's going to be more like 6:15." We pointed out that we had our knitting, that we needed to be out of here by 7:00, but that as long as that happened, we could sit and knit in the salon as well as we could sit and knit backstage at the Paramount, and that it was truthfully no big deal. The host basically acted as though we'd just ended world hunger, and told us repeatedly how awesome we were for our flexibility, and offered us each a free $12 nail polish.
So now, we've just made these folks' day by not biting their heads off for something beyond their control (as depressing as that is), and it's time for us to choose nail polish. I pointed out that this is basically as close to glamour as I get these days, and grabbed the gold, sparkly iridescent polish called "West End Wonderland." The manicurist, who was this big black guy, said "Whoo! Yes, my sister, why half-ass it? We gonna get DOWN with some sparkly nails!" and then turned up the music and serenaded me with "You Gotta Be True to Yourself" while he did my manicure. It was, in all honesty, a super-awesome use of time, and now I have drag-queen nails (in color, not length; I sadly still have mommy nails), and I'm doing this very exclusive show, and I can't believe this is my life.
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![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/37128668/2135835) | | From: | muddor |
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| Date: | May 17th, 2008 07:57 pm (UTC) |
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What an adventure! I enjoyed reading it immensely. Congratulations to the both of you, multi-talented, or should I say multi-talon-ted, women.
I worked the in and I'm working the out of that show. I thought it was entertaining that they are using the same set as they used when I saw them at Meany Hall 15 years ago. It's really cool that you're in the show.
Get DOWN with your bad self nails! :D
Kinda tells you the sort of people they're *used* to waiting on, though, doesn't it? Oy.
If you look at the photo bar here, there's the gal whose nose got broken yesterday (in purple, second pic from the bottom). I could see her some of the time on stage last night and she was smiling and gorgeous through it all. Amazing.
You are so full of awesome, do you know that?
*envisions your nails, and grins*
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/10776010/2539) | | From: | faecat |
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| Date: | June 12th, 2008 08:04 pm (UTC) |
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*random passerby*
I'm glad it worked out for you! I went there a couple of times, it never took less than an hour, and the last time I went they triple-charged me (which then caused my bank account to overdraft), so I've been afraid to try them again. |
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