Thursday, December 16, 2004

Evening at the theatre
I didn’t think last week would seem so long and it really did seem to drag. But I thought it would be hectic and very busy, as I said before, it being the week before finals. This week was so relaxing with nothing to worry about from school except the exams themselves.

Thursday night was pretty awesome with the Nutcracker performance. The Nutcracker is one of my favorite stories going all the way back to my early childhood when everything was magical and wondrous to me and you know a whole lot of things still are. The music was great and I kept waiting to hear my favorite Nutcracker piece, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. I just really love hearing it so much. To me, it’s the most magical, with the enchanting sound of the celesta.
My favorite character of the Nutcracker story is that seemingly strange old guy with the cape and black patch over one eye. Oh yeah, Drosselmeir, is his name. I’ve always liked watching the part he’s in.

The theatre at which we saw the Nutcracker ballet, I believe I’d never been there before because I was quite surprised at how steep the incline of the balcony was. That was enough and then we had to be a few minutes late coming out of the restaurant we had dinner at so we found some seats, not our seats, in the dark. We had to find somewhere to sit quick so we wouldn’t be disturbing anyone and so we could help the person who was afraid of heights to a seat. She was terrified.

The downtown atmosphere was great and especially at night of course. A friend of mine came and got me by the arm when I had stopped to look up at some other building in the theatre district. I had only stopped for a few seconds, but I guess she thought I was going to get left behind. The food at the restaurant where we ate was ok, not some of the best, but the atmosphere and interior were pretty nice.

After this, I believe I may actually join the Art Club instead of just tagging along on there club outings.

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