We're the PIED PIPERS!

soooo today was our first day of shows for our fall tour in Nashville Tennessee!!! and it was greatness! we did seven shows! crazy, but sooo much fun. seven actually isnt that bad. we did an david lipscomb elementary show in the morning which was preschool and kindergarten. that was cute. then we went to the nashville public library and did three shows in their childrens story room; which was amazing!! it was soo cool! it had inset seats along three of the walls and a stage (which we didnt use, because it had their story stuff on it). and it was wooden and just really really cool. and then we got an hour break before our next show, which was really nice, i took a little nap, very much needed. then we had another show....dont remember where...lets ask jodi. oh yeah, we went to another elementary school. that group was very energetic. it was a very multicultural school (like, there were some girls there that were muslim and wore the head coverings and everything). and they were very huggy. we talked about after how it didnt seem like they got alot of physical attention at home because they wanted lots of hugs. i really liked it. they were very happy to have us there. then we went to target just so we could walk around and have a little free time. then we went to Y.E.S. which stands for youth encouragment [something]. and it is an after school program for intercity kids and that was probably my favorite show of the whole day!!! i love hanging out with those intercity kids. at first some of them were a little reserved, but it didnt take long for them to open up, and once they did...oh man. they were alot of fun. and after the piper show we stayed alittle and just played with them, and we did little sally walker, and one of the girls taught me and jodi the soldier boy dance and...it was fun. lots of fun. then that night we went to jodi's church from dinner and we did a show for all of the kids there too. and when i say all, i mean all. it ranged from the pre-k kids to the highschoolers and even parents. that was fun. had some bonding time with some of the highschool girls there.

fun fun fun fun fun

oh man. and its only the first day!! w00t for the rest of the week!

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i am really glad to be leaving tuesday for almost a whole week. from tuesday to saturday. it will be very nice. i will greatly enjoy the break. i need it. i need to get away from here for awhile. have fun with kids, have fun with pipers. think about things in life that need to be thought about...

i think sometimes god gives you what you think you want...and then you realize that its not really what you wanted after all...

interesting

We're off to see the Wizard...

...the wonderful Wizard of Oz...is OVER!!!

this weekend was homecoming and tonight was our last show for the musical! its a good feeling. not saying that the musical wasnt fun, because it was, i enjoyed it for the most part very much. and i will miss hanging out back stage with my fellow shift crew, and seeing the friends i have in the musical whenever they werent on stage, bugging adam sullivan, and being ninjas, along with all that other fun stuff that goes on during musical rehearsals and shows. and i loved the friendships and bonds made/strengthened through out this process. but its over! and for this i am happy! that means no more all nighters. that means no more all afternoon rehearsals. that means no more moving huge pieces of scenery from underneath!
but it also means getting to see my roommate while she's actually awake; getting to see my friends that arent involved in the musical; getting to do homework (odd that im saying that, but not being behind in classes and having time to do work you have to do anyway is a good thing).

now, usually after a show is over, and you gain all this free time back into your life its hard to adjust for awhile because you just sit there and you dont know what to do because you havent had time to just do nothing before. although, for me this will not be the case. right after this the pied pipers are leaving on a fall tour to nashville tennessee!! and i am toooooo excited! we leave tuesday at 1:30 and we will be getting back saturday night. i can not wait to go away for a week and get out of searcy for awhile, and be with the amazing piper troupe and see tons of kids!! good stuff
on other piper news, we had a home show today for homecoming. it was alot of fun and went very well i would say. we had 12 of the "veteran" pipers there at the show and they (of course) came up and joined us for some of the stories. that was fun. i like watching the old ones get back up there and do their "piper thing." lol. we also go to perform for our friends and family. and that was fun. i tell my friends about the pipers and what we do so often, and im glad they got the chance to come and actually see us do a show. and i thank every single one of them who came!

its day light savings time! horray! hour extra sleep! goodnight!