Honest, guys! The picture of me wouldn't resize.
Never fear though, because I'll get my mom to take some of the show itself tonight, instead of just lame backstage pictures.
Last night's show was WONDERFULLL. It was flawless. Except for the "Gaston" dance, but we were supposed to be drunk and everyone did a great job covering up the mistakes with the drunkenness. The stage crew, which I was most worried about, had no problems at all, and the only problem the lighting crew had was that they set off the "Be Our Guest" confetti in the middle of the song...that was funny. But other than that, everything was perfect. The people that I talked to afterwords said that it was the best show the school has done in the 17 years its been doing shows! THAT was amazing to hear!
The show was completely sold out...as it is again tonight. The audiance was wonderful. They clapped during our kick line (and, as I told Mike, it wasn't just "oh its a kick line we have to clap" kind of applause...it was more of a "that kicked butt" kind of applause). Our Belle was sick the other day and yesterday, so we were REALLY worried that her voice was going to go, but she pulled through and sounded incredible. As did everyone else.
We finally got the energy that we needed, because we've been looking dead during rehearsals. My only blooper was slipping during Be Our Guest, and after I made a very unattractive face (and I know to just act like nothing happened, but it was a natural reaction cause I almost fell on my booty
) I got back into the dance and it was fine.
During the curtain call, we got insane applause. Belle & the Beast got a standing-O when they came out. Then we all went to the edge of the stage and sang part of "Be Our Guest" (complete with the kick line) and the audiance was on their feet before we were done.
It was an incredible night. I'm sooo exhausted. Its so funny, because we give it our all on stage, then I'm on such a high that I don't sleep, then I come to school and for 2 hours I'm slap-happy thanks to the exahaustion, and now I'm going to go lay down because I'm falling asleep typing this.
My family (& extended family) is coming tonight, and Friday night is always the best show, so I'm excited. I'll see if I can get my mom to take some videos of a few scenes, too.