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[phineasjones]

oh, the groggy, groggy grog. up too late and too early. meh.

last night's show was patchier than friday's. more trouble with the sound system and much larger number of forgotten words and such. i forgot some myself. alas.

i think this one thing was terribly funny but i'm not sure it will translate well to the screen and thus i will put it behind a cut and you can read it at your own risk.

so, there's this sweet, adorable old man, walter, who is in the show - just a bunch of the group numbers - but really has no particular stage... um... experience? presence? general clue? but he's sweet and we all love him, so whatever. he has this one line in the pre-song scene of 'june is busting out all over.' someone says, 'are the donuts ready yet?' and he's supposed to say, 'how 'bout them apple turnovers?' it took him forever to get this right. they were drilling him on it the night before the show. friday night, he got it right and it was well timed and all but the person with the next line kind of freaked out and came in early with her line, cutting him off. sad.

but last night, we're going along and then comes the line -

'are the donuts ready yet?'

(slight pause)

'how 'bout them banana...'

(very long pause wherein most of us almost lose out shit. i can see george the pianist from where i stand and he is doubled over, red-faced and shaking. i almost laugh out loud but remember just in time that i'm micced.)

the best/worst part is that a.) he couldn't think of anything 'banana' - fritter? bread? he just stood there. and b.) nobody jumped to save him. until finally someone just randomly said the next line. ah, church-based theater.

also, there was the song 'just one person' in which they sing about being just one person, but then there's two! and then three! and four and more and more etc. but they sang the verses out of order. ::points and laughs::

ah, and i get to do it all again this afternoon. but, first, an actual service. which will take place amid the set pieces and band set-up etc that now adorn the sanctuary. i don't actually know from where the choir is going to sing. heh.

Comments

[starbuckle.livejournal.com]

n'aww. church-based theater is so cheesy and great. go get 'em, tiger!

:::hearts from far away:::

[madmadharri.livejournal.com]

and he is doubled over, red-faced and shaking.

this was the part where i laughed out loud. oh dear. i just love the inappropriate-group-laughter moment. is the best.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

heehee. it was so funny. and all through the last show, we kept inserting random references to bananas. poor walter. :)