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Bowling for State 2007
Feb. 10th, 2007 09:09 amOK everyone put out the good mojo for Ariel and the rest of her high school bowling team today. They are in the county finals for a place to play in the State Championship later this month. They placed first in their division so they get to play the team that went last year which is a school they are big rivals with. The contest starts at 9:00AM EST but if they can keep winning then they will be there most of the day.
My computer is back which means that my husband is too. I am glad that he had a good time up in Maine.
Yale School of Drama Story [which is also why I crack up when I hear about anyone going to Maine] Part of the YSD philosophy for the Stage Management students when I went there was to be as well rounded as possible in terms of being able to "speak" everyone's language. This so I could translate a vague note from rehearsal into something that all departments could understand. To do this, they had us take at least one course in just about every discipline offered at Yale.
My scenery teacher was Ming Cho Lee [For those who know theater design yes it was the K2 designer Ming Cho Lee] Ming had a habit to speak in pidgin English when if he wanted to he could speak perfectly unaccented. My guess is that he got away with more if the other people thought that he couldn't understand them.
We would be given a play or a musical to design and two weeks to put together our ideas and sketches. We would then present these to the class (One of my proudest moments was when Ming praised my ideas for a set design for Three-Penny Opera including turning to his students and inquiring why they hadn't though of that....but I digress) If he didn't like a design he would inform the designer, "Broadway? Why you think Broadway? No, no, no. You go design in Maine. Best place for you." That became a catch phrase among the stage managers for some strange reason. "No, no, no. You go [fill in the blank] in Maine." Still cracks me up because I can hear Ming saying it.
So Peter is back from Maine. Caroline was not sick last night. Ariel is bowling in the county tourney. I got one more clothing item sewn and 2 more cut out. Not too bad.
I am grateful that Ariel's team came in first in their division again.
My computer is back which means that my husband is too. I am glad that he had a good time up in Maine.
Yale School of Drama Story [which is also why I crack up when I hear about anyone going to Maine] Part of the YSD philosophy for the Stage Management students when I went there was to be as well rounded as possible in terms of being able to "speak" everyone's language. This so I could translate a vague note from rehearsal into something that all departments could understand. To do this, they had us take at least one course in just about every discipline offered at Yale.
My scenery teacher was Ming Cho Lee [For those who know theater design yes it was the K2 designer Ming Cho Lee] Ming had a habit to speak in pidgin English when if he wanted to he could speak perfectly unaccented. My guess is that he got away with more if the other people thought that he couldn't understand them.
We would be given a play or a musical to design and two weeks to put together our ideas and sketches. We would then present these to the class (One of my proudest moments was when Ming praised my ideas for a set design for Three-Penny Opera including turning to his students and inquiring why they hadn't though of that....but I digress) If he didn't like a design he would inform the designer, "Broadway? Why you think Broadway? No, no, no. You go design in Maine. Best place for you." That became a catch phrase among the stage managers for some strange reason. "No, no, no. You go [fill in the blank] in Maine." Still cracks me up because I can hear Ming saying it.
So Peter is back from Maine. Caroline was not sick last night. Ariel is bowling in the county tourney. I got one more clothing item sewn and 2 more cut out. Not too bad.
I am grateful that Ariel's team came in first in their division again.
