Alright, thanks to my friend Stormwell I finally know how to add photographs to my blog. Oh yes! So, without further ado:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the general scream of frustration but having found that I cannot open the folder containing my panto photographs, even after I unzipped it, I spent several very long and frustrating minutes trying to put said photographs into the my pictures folder (the computer wasn't to sure that it was going to do even that) I have now spent even longer trying to make this stupid blog import them as it is supposed to. I have checked and double checked that I am following every step how I am supposed to and all it comes up with is
"Served failed"
If this computer was a person, right now I would be strangling them!
It rather reminds me of a quote my Mother IT teacher told her when she was doing one of these Update Your Computer Knowledge courses:
"There are machines.
There are damn machines.
There are bloody stupid useless machines.
And then there are computers."
Monday 28 January 2013
Wednesday 23 January 2013
The Panto
'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' performed by the Great Ellingham Pretenders was a roaring success, not in the least for my very first major role - the magic mirror.
Having enjoyed the best opening Thursday night they have had in years (apparently), Friday was a sell out show that had the audience participating so much that at one point I had to pause mid line, tell them to 'wait for it', before I could finish telling the Queen that I had no idea where Snow White was. Having managed the 'it's behind you' scene with many a funny face pulled (best exercise for lifting the old chin droop I can tell you) I thoroughly enjoyed the entire run and the audience seemed to pick up on the fact that we were having fun as we didn't seem to have a single dud audience.
As for trying to put in some of the photography one of my friends took from the audience:-
Well, lets just say I haven't mastered putting photos into a blog just yet. Many rude words jump to mind at this point so I guess that I will have to keep trying. I will crack it one of these days. Then perhaps I will be able to up load the photographs of what we are having to deal with to make this house livable for civilised beings.
Any way, back to the panto. I have to admit that it was not without it stresses. Due to the weather at one point I thought I was going to have to pull out of the cast with least that forty eight hours to go. That was not a good feeling at all. Thankfully our producer/director owns a bed and breakfast in Attleborough, The Corner House and was willing to put me up for the duration of the production run. Incidentally, I can recommend The Corner House to anyone looking for a family friendly bed and breakfast outside of Norwich but with good public transport links to the city (bus and train). It is also good for the Wyndonham area.
Having enjoyed such a good performance for my first major part and a very long weekend away into the bargain, I am definately staying on for the next production. I'm considering having a go at doing the bad guy depending on what we are doing next.
Watch this space.
Having enjoyed the best opening Thursday night they have had in years (apparently), Friday was a sell out show that had the audience participating so much that at one point I had to pause mid line, tell them to 'wait for it', before I could finish telling the Queen that I had no idea where Snow White was. Having managed the 'it's behind you' scene with many a funny face pulled (best exercise for lifting the old chin droop I can tell you) I thoroughly enjoyed the entire run and the audience seemed to pick up on the fact that we were having fun as we didn't seem to have a single dud audience.
As for trying to put in some of the photography one of my friends took from the audience:-
Well, lets just say I haven't mastered putting photos into a blog just yet. Many rude words jump to mind at this point so I guess that I will have to keep trying. I will crack it one of these days. Then perhaps I will be able to up load the photographs of what we are having to deal with to make this house livable for civilised beings.
Any way, back to the panto. I have to admit that it was not without it stresses. Due to the weather at one point I thought I was going to have to pull out of the cast with least that forty eight hours to go. That was not a good feeling at all. Thankfully our producer/director owns a bed and breakfast in Attleborough, The Corner House and was willing to put me up for the duration of the production run. Incidentally, I can recommend The Corner House to anyone looking for a family friendly bed and breakfast outside of Norwich but with good public transport links to the city (bus and train). It is also good for the Wyndonham area.
Having enjoyed such a good performance for my first major part and a very long weekend away into the bargain, I am definately staying on for the next production. I'm considering having a go at doing the bad guy depending on what we are doing next.
Watch this space.
Saturday 12 January 2013
Stage Fright
For those of you who don't know, I'm a member of the Great Ellingham Pretenders and I'm the Magic Mirror in this years production of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. Seeing as it is my first major role I have had lots of mixed feelings about it all - happy, nervous, full of beans and scared to hell.
Add to this the fact that there were doubts about whether or not we were even going to have a Recreation Centre to perform in and this production has never looked certain. Apparently someone fell over due to a toy the play group had left out so Health and Safety came swarming down all over the building. The Great Ellingham Recreation Centre has a purpose built stage but it is tiny so for years the Pretenders have been extending it for their productions with a temporary stage added on. That is fine, according the Health and Safety. What is not fine is the fact that there is a drop of less than a household step between the two, therefore someone could trip over and hurt themselves. The fact that such an event has not occurred in the years that the Great Ellingham Pretenders have been performing does not count, even though one of those performances involved a young girl in a sleeping bag jumping up and down that step (she was acting the part of a caterpillar). I some times feel that we all ought to live our lives wrapped up in cotton wool as far as Health and Safety are concerned.
Any way the Pretenders have bought a new extension stage so Health and Safety have finally been placated so the show is going on.
If any one would like to come along and see me perform than it is:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By the Great Ellingham Pretenders
Performed at
The Great Ellingham Recreation Centre
On
Thursday 17th, Friday 18th and Saturday 19th
Evening performances starting 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee 2.30pm
Tickets are £6 for adults and £4 for children
Box Office 01953 456180
Hope to see you there because the bigger the audience the better the show, as long as you are in full and vocal participation.
Add to this the fact that there were doubts about whether or not we were even going to have a Recreation Centre to perform in and this production has never looked certain. Apparently someone fell over due to a toy the play group had left out so Health and Safety came swarming down all over the building. The Great Ellingham Recreation Centre has a purpose built stage but it is tiny so for years the Pretenders have been extending it for their productions with a temporary stage added on. That is fine, according the Health and Safety. What is not fine is the fact that there is a drop of less than a household step between the two, therefore someone could trip over and hurt themselves. The fact that such an event has not occurred in the years that the Great Ellingham Pretenders have been performing does not count, even though one of those performances involved a young girl in a sleeping bag jumping up and down that step (she was acting the part of a caterpillar). I some times feel that we all ought to live our lives wrapped up in cotton wool as far as Health and Safety are concerned.
Any way the Pretenders have bought a new extension stage so Health and Safety have finally been placated so the show is going on.
If any one would like to come along and see me perform than it is:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By the Great Ellingham Pretenders
Performed at
The Great Ellingham Recreation Centre
On
Thursday 17th, Friday 18th and Saturday 19th
Evening performances starting 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee 2.30pm
Tickets are £6 for adults and £4 for children
Box Office 01953 456180
Hope to see you there because the bigger the audience the better the show, as long as you are in full and vocal participation.
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