All of these pics are from rehearsal. The dress rehearsal was really for the women, so we wouldn't trip in our floor length gowns and heals. Hence the men in jeans, and women in evening attire...
(l-r: Mindy Lym, Gregory Zema, Ben Jones and Katy Stephan)
This first picture is actually from the very end of the show. It's the moment we call "Chaos", where every person on the stage burst into a song they've sung at some point during the show, in whatever key they feel like; an overwhelming montage of ghosts from one man's past. I'll leave the cacophony to your imagination!
I'm really not sure what song this is... But I like the picture. Alas, I have to say, if I had know I was going to match the table cloth, I might have gotten a different dress. Oh well, things could be worse, right??
(l-r: Melody Moore and Mindy Lym)
This is an earlier rehearsal, when I was temporarily standing in for Sheri Greenawald. She wass sick, and having some vocal trouble, and didn't have an understudy. Eventually another local dramatic soprano stepped in for her for the performances, but it was fun singing "One More Kiss" with Melody. She voice is just incredible! My jaw dropped when she opened her mouth. Stunning.
(l-r: Darla Wigginton, Conductor Michael Morgan, Trente Morant, Gregory Zema, Mindy Lym, Ben Jones and Katy Stephan)
And a curtain call of denim and silk! :-)
Well, that's all for now.
Thank you to the Oakland East Bay Symphony for these pics. They sent them to me free of charge! (Thank you Patrice! Very thoughtful!)
