Ok, this happened a while ago, but still definitely worth blogging about.

I was approached to play in a pit orchestra for the westville girls high threatre production of a sondheim musical, called Into the Woods. Its not wellknow, but the music is glorius and fun. It all happened on very short notice, But was bliss

The musical is a mismatch of various children stories, with intersting twists here and there. Like disloyal princes, giants, cinderella and raponzel and various others featured.

One of the nights one of the lead charecters was hit by a wooden stick on stage. was rather funny. Little kirsty looked rather dazed… :-p

The fun started after the show, where most nights we would go out for beers afterwards. Lots of stories shared. Lots of photos taken. Lots of fun had.

All and all it was bliss. Our audience was a bit small, But it was awesome! I cant wait  for the next show.

Here are some photos

Our Prime Poser

One of the little violinists

The one night jack forgot his shoes at home. So i ran around in a suit with slops on

I really dont know :-)

Our two posers

Clair and Luke

Annie wasnt impressed with me for taking photos of her

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I know I havent posted recently, As im compltely stuffed busy. I have practically joined the youth orchestra, which means I play in 3 orchestras and the Windband. And now, Im playin in a musical Hosted by westville Girls High, So Sleep is a luxury im not getting much of.

Anyhow, a while ago, (in august) The British Cultural and heritage society Hosted an event called Orchestra 2008. Its basically a huge mass orchestra conducted by Richard Cock. Its usually lots of fun. With some infants playing (people below pubrety) and a couple of octogenarians. But the special thing was I met my Good friend Chantal du Toit again. We somehow drifted appart as I left the westville schools orchestra. Neither of us actually Went to a westville school. She didnt even live in westville or surrounding areas. Anyhow, We are quite good friends again, wich is something wich really makes me happy.

So This past saturday, I go to a rehearsal for this Into the woods (which im being paid for) instead of the provincial windband, Where ive only missed one Rehearsal before this, which was when I was in Capetown for work. And I find out, that no, Im in deep shit for missing a rehearsal. While there are people who come half an hour late for almost every rehearsal, and People who miss almost every second rehersal. But when I miss 1 Rehearsal, Im in the shit. So I have a feeling The conductor (a german) And I will be exchanging some loud words at the next rehersal.

Not too long after that Steph invited me to a thing she did sound for at ‘Lords and Legends’ Down in toti, And for the first time in a long time I convinced a someone to go somewhere with me alone, And Chantal and I played catchup for a couple of hours. It really was fun… I need to invest in more friends I do things with. Its blissfull.

Somewhere along the line, I  was asked to play in a musical, Called ‘Into the Woods’ Its a really wonderfull play, When done Properly. At the time of writing, Im fearing the outcome of the play, But, these things have a way to come together In the end. Lets just hope it comes together, considering we open this week.

Anyhow, With the DCO we have a gig on the 26th, At marian Hill Monestary. Its a wonderfull program, Featuring Grieg, Schubert, Beethoven and Bach, With a possibility of some Mozart.

Righto. I need to get back  to pretending to Work a bit more….