First of Many Adventures...
Well I haven't written about my fabulous cast yet. I've been in rehearsals now for about 5 weeks. Yikes!! We've learned 4 shows already and will soon be on our fifth. These are a fabulous bunch of people and I finally have a group photo of them we took in the hotel room we got for the day in Las Vegas. It seems now that every time a new cast comes through to go out on a ship, they send them to see their pride and joy Barry Manilow in Las Vegas while they're here rehearsing. The company gives each cast a day room, buffet dinner, transportation, and choice seating to the concert. It's a great bonding event other than the bus ride. 
Ugh! 4 hours on a bumpy bus through the mountains of Nevada and California. I'm sure more mountains are in California than are in Nevada during the trip. I tried to sleep for most of that displeasure. Our cast though has been bonding for the past 5 weeks. We are 7 strong and all living under 1 roof. Yes. We all live in a 2-bedroom apartment. We've had PLENTY of time to bond since we live and work together 24-7. It's like the Real World series on MTV. I'm so thankful that the cast is very forgiving, nice, and fun. We all get along for the most part and have good times with each other. It looks like it will be a fulfilling contract. For the first part of the rehearsals (when there were only 6 of us here) we were cramming into one of our girls' Mini-Cooper. Yes, we seem to be packing into everything. That's our motto. 
We are the clown car cast. Small cast, small ship, and small living environment. So yesterday we shared a bus with 2 other casts in town and boarded our bus to Vegas at 10am. After the long and arduous drive to town, we took our time preparing for the concert and enjoyed our free buffet dinner with complimentary beer and wine. It was delicious. We strolled over to Barry's theatre where we got choice $250 seats pretty much on stage with little tables. Complimentary champagne was served and we were toasted and ready for Barry's serenading. Many a mom from our cast members expressed their jealousy for that evening. Barry came out with a bang and did his concert, which seemed to have changed slightly since I last saw it. There was also a little Christmas mixed into the concert as well. He was reachable distance a couple times since he serenades the side stages right in their faces and brings a lady up to dance (from our side of the stage, but not anyone in our row or cast). We were in the second row. We all had a blast. Even our bosses made an appearance that night flying in for a surprise visit from L.A. They manage all of Barry's materials including the concert. After the concert we paraded through Vegas and made a stop at New York New York in the Coyote Ugly bar where our girls enjoyed dancing on the bar with the Coyote Ugly waitresses. We had a blast there and headed over to the Irish Pub downstairs for more good times. Our departure was at 1:00am for the long haul back to L.A. and now thankfully I have the day off. This being the first adventure of many more to come, it looks like we'll all have a blast together.
Ugh! 4 hours on a bumpy bus through the mountains of Nevada and California. I'm sure more mountains are in California than are in Nevada during the trip. I tried to sleep for most of that displeasure. Our cast though has been bonding for the past 5 weeks. We are 7 strong and all living under 1 roof. Yes. We all live in a 2-bedroom apartment. We've had PLENTY of time to bond since we live and work together 24-7. It's like the Real World series on MTV. I'm so thankful that the cast is very forgiving, nice, and fun. We all get along for the most part and have good times with each other. It looks like it will be a fulfilling contract. For the first part of the rehearsals (when there were only 6 of us here) we were cramming into one of our girls' Mini-Cooper. Yes, we seem to be packing into everything. That's our motto. 
We are the clown car cast. Small cast, small ship, and small living environment. So yesterday we shared a bus with 2 other casts in town and boarded our bus to Vegas at 10am. After the long and arduous drive to town, we took our time preparing for the concert and enjoyed our free buffet dinner with complimentary beer and wine. It was delicious. We strolled over to Barry's theatre where we got choice $250 seats pretty much on stage with little tables. Complimentary champagne was served and we were toasted and ready for Barry's serenading. Many a mom from our cast members expressed their jealousy for that evening. Barry came out with a bang and did his concert, which seemed to have changed slightly since I last saw it. There was also a little Christmas mixed into the concert as well. He was reachable distance a couple times since he serenades the side stages right in their faces and brings a lady up to dance (from our side of the stage, but not anyone in our row or cast). We were in the second row. We all had a blast. Even our bosses made an appearance that night flying in for a surprise visit from L.A. They manage all of Barry's materials including the concert. After the concert we paraded through Vegas and made a stop at New York New York in the Coyote Ugly bar where our girls enjoyed dancing on the bar with the Coyote Ugly waitresses. We had a blast there and headed over to the Irish Pub downstairs for more good times. Our departure was at 1:00am for the long haul back to L.A. and now thankfully I have the day off. This being the first adventure of many more to come, it looks like we'll all have a blast together.
posted by Chris | 3:45 PM
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OMIGOD! I miss my Barry, I hope he's having a good Christmas!!
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