ay carumba!

dearie me... it's been almost a month since i last posted-- where has time gone?

i'll tell ya-

so i decided to do a crazy thing- i signed on for Swing! a big band revue which followed Mousetrap on the Drayton Season at St. Jacob's Contry playhouse... so for the final week of Mousetrap performances i was often doing two shows a day and rehearsing for five hours- EXHAUSTING!!!!

Swing is going to be a phenomenal show... it originated at the Charlottetown Fesitval in '83 (when i was one) and we have four of the original cast members in the show (Michael Killinger, and the Mantini Sisters- Barbara, Sandran, and Ann) plus John Devorski, Patrick Stiles, Ashley Fenster, and Jessica Horn. It's directed by original cast member and Drayton AD Alex Mustakas, and choreographed by Vera Stephenson

Now the really cool thing about the shows, aside from the 12 piece bif band onstage, is that it is conducted by Howard Cable-- who you may ask? well he was the conductor at the royal york for many years and has cunducted some people by the names of Liza Minelli, Chita Rivera, Joel Grey, Danny Kaye, and ELLA FIRTZGERALD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEEGAWDS I TELL YOU!!

the second coolest thing about the show is that in the second act i get to do an entire medley of songs as CARMEN MIRANDA- fruit hat and all folks... we open this friday and run until April 6th so come on down and see it cos it's quite the spectacle- lots of tap dancing (which i don't do) and jivin' (which i do do) and whole lot of other great stuff.

NOW...
yesterday it snowed a crap load out in waterloo... the drive home from the theatre was not the greatest but the roads where manageable.... BUT when i got the Barna's street my car got a little stuck... it took a brigade of 4 people plus Lynne Barna at the wheel to get my car to the Barna household and then we had to shovel a tonne to get it in their driveway.... THE SNOW WAS UP TO MY KNEES!!!! RIDONKULOUS!!!

thank god for the boots i stole from bunnicula.

now here's a little plug for something special-

on tuesday march 18th at 8pm i will be a part of Acting Upstage's Dark Night Cabaret Series

I will be opening for the divine Susan Gilmour and the evening will be hosted the super-fantastic Sharron Matthews... i will be singing a set of songs by composer/lyricists (and not a single one is a Sondheim cos you've all heard those before!) so come on down.

tickets are $20 and can be purchased by phonig 416 368 3110

for more info on the dark night cabaret series (there are 3 other stellar nights as well) and for info on their current production of A MAn of No Importance check out www.actingupstage.com

that's all for now and i promise to post more regularly... if any of you care :P

xoxo
a.