All Shook Up Cast 2010

Cast includes:

Daniel Alvarez, Earl
Roberts Bass, Jim
Maria Beery, Ensemble
Miriam Davie, Sandra
Angela Fuller, Ensemble
Darren Fuller, Chad
Maggie Gallagher, Matilda
Michele Groneck, Ensemble
Lalenja Harrington, Sylvia
Angela Hodges, Ensemble

Patty Kiley, Ensemble

Jeremy Kuhn, Dean
Dan Li, Dennis
Tucker Lockhart, Ensemble
Cameron Moore, Ensemble
John Parsons, Ensemble
Rioghnach Robinson, Lorraine
Judy Rodgers, Ensemble
Katlyn Shaw, Natalie/Ed
Shane Fisher, Ensemble

So glad I decided to try out for All Shook Up. I  really am enjoying being part of this high energy song and dance musical.

Christmas and December Snow 2009

 

The mountain house covered with snow

  

A view of the snow in the front yard and on the trees

Smile for the camera!

 Christmas at the mountain house with the family. Rachel, Billy, Hayden, Me, and brother, Dennis. We lost electricity Christmas day around 9am due to the ice storm Christmas Eve. Drove to Boone to keep warm and get food. The power came back on that afternoon around 3pm after we returned. 

Daughters of the Lone Star State 2009

Daughters of the Lone Star State

Since the Theatre Alliance auditions last February for their upcoming shows, several original cast members have dropped out.  A friend of mine asked if I would like to be in a show that she was cast at the Theatre Alliance so I read for the director. Now I am the new Clara Bell in Daughters of the Lone Star State. I took Mimi Cunningham's place who can't make the rehearsals since she's in Rent and that show now has an extended run. This is a show I would have auditioned for but I was in Carousel when the Theatre Alliance had their "cattle call" and I just couldn't think about auditioning.  Here's the current cast list:

Mildred Keifner - Karen Robertson
Liddy Bell Cartwright - Danya Bray
Clara Bell Ivey - Mimi Cunningham Angela Hodges
Darlene Parsons - Clara Yarbro
Lola Faye Barnes - Reba Birdsall
Lois Wheelis - Maggie Gallagher Betsey Pugh Charlene Bray
Cookie Hawkins - Carol Roan
Ima Jean Gomez - Lysandra Sykes Becki West
Vergie Hopkins - Ally McCauley Cheryl Ann Roberts
Sharon Johnson - Natasha Gore
Doll Johnson - Kiki Fisher Lauranita

The cast has been rehearsing for three weeks so I have a lot of lines and blocking to learn. It's so much fun and everyone is so helpful. I am very pleased to be part of this production

Wooly Worm Festival and Ghost Train 2009

What fun riding the Ghost Train at Tweetsie Railroad Halloween night. You can ride the Ghost Train as many times as you want. There's a Haunted Mansion and Spooky Woods. The Spooky Woods was especially scary as the guy with the chain saw chased me. Below is the Monster Mash pictures featuring the Hodges' monsters
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Banner Elk Wooly Worm Festival 2009

The forecast for the 13 weeks of winter 2009 2010.  Cool according to Wilbur the wooly worm winner:

- Week 1 - Flurries
- Week 2 - Cold With Flurries
- Week 3 - Snow
- Week 4 - Flurries
- Week 5 - Cold
- Week 6 - Cold
- Week 7 - Cold
- Week 8 - Light Flurries
- Week 9 - Below Average Cold
- Week 10 - Below Average Cold
- Week 11 - Snow
- Week 12 - Flurries
- Week 13 - Flurries

NYC Birthday Trip Theatre

New York trip for my birthday. Saw three plays, enjoyed food in Little Italy. Ate at Benitos and Benitos II.

Hamlet

Jude Law was phenomenal in Hamlet. He had such high energy in his performance. Love the sets and the costumes. His "To Be or Not To Be" speech was very moving with the snow falling. After the show we waited at the stage door for him. He was very gracious to sign autographs.

Broadhurst Theatre
235 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York NY 10036



Wicked

Wicked is untold story of the witches of Oz and is based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. Before Dorothy dropped into, Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends who end up as the Wicked witch of the West and Glinda the good Witch.

Gershwin Theater
222 West 51st Street New York, Ny  10019

Phantom of the Opera

I had seen Phantom before but I still enjoyed the score, romance and timeless story of seduction and despair. The Night Belongs to Phantom which is now celebrating twenty years as Broadway's Most Haunting Love Story. Winner of seven 1988 Tony® Awards including Best Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterwork is the longest-running musical in Broadway history.

The Majestic Theatre
247 West 44th Street, New York, NY USA.