We did it! Opening night and I'm still buzzing.
This morning we began at 9am running through a few scenes before doing a full run through. At one point when talking us through a scene, Alex reminded us to have energy, to really let our individual/family 'stories' shine through. I love her words to us; that energy begets energy, that the more we could give in rehearsal, the more we would be able to give tonight. That was so true! But back to rehearsal...
Yesterday's dress rehearsal for me, though fantastic, felt quite hectic. I was still learning my cues (and I admit to a bit of panic at times about whether or not I'd remember them in time!) and felt that I needed to rush between scenes in order to be in position in time. Today's run through, for whatever reason, felt much calmer. We knew where to be, we had time to breathe in between scenes and we all pulled together to help each other be ready. I love my district group (I'm in the Heber C Kimball group). What amazing people. There are three families plus me, and they have made me feel part of their families already in the few short days we have had together.
The children are such examples to us all - the youngest girl in our group was running across the stage at one point when we were having a prayer, and as soon as the word 'prayer' was whispered she stopped and folded her arms reverently to pray. When we're standing backstage waiting to go on she is so good at being silent (all the children are, it's amazing!) and will even tell others to be quiet by tiptoeing over and putting her finger on her lips.
Tonight's performance proved Alex's words from earlier in the day totally right. There was so much energy (I even remembered all the dance steps)!
I was told by someone tonight (who had seen all the performances so far) that this was the best night yet. I am so thankful to the Red Cast who performed last week - the only reason we are able to push ourselves as much as we have is because they laid a solid foundation for us to build on. I saw them perform and they were incredible. I'm so grateful to them for doing such an amazing job that we really do have to stretch ourselves to the limit in order to improve on it - we are all the better for it.
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