Tomorrow I'm going to be speaking to an entire school full of elementary students, and I have no idea what I'm going to say. This is a problem.
Kathryn, do NOT be jealous of me going to the opera. It was weird. They were wearing these bulky animal costumes and clonking boots which might have been okay except that their footsteps drowned out the sound of the orchestra (Oh look! A band!). The plot was supposed to be about the circle of life or something deep, but it really seemed to be more about animals getting it on. It was an opera, though, so plot really shouldn't matter as long as the music is good. It wasn't. I mean, it wasn't BAD - but most of the singing was monotonous, the orchestration was unremarkable, and I hope to heaven no one from the production reads this. It would be so disheartening! They were all skillful - I just wasn't interested in the piece itself. But then, I have only ever seen very classical sorts of pieces. The Marriage of Figaro. Samson and Delilah. And I was listening to Puccini before leaving the house! What do you do? But then again, I was distracted by my seating companion. Five so
Better get on it! They are going to be clinging to every word, riveted by your song and dance. Kind of like you were at your high school graduation. Remember that speech that person gave? You don't? Hm. Weird.
ReplyDeleteThey care! They do! And they'll remember every word!!
ReplyDeleteThey saw, the heard, and they remembered. I'm sure they all ran home and told their family over dinner all about it!
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