tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75812168147102040542012-01-27T00:22:21.783-06:00This blog was started to keep friends and family posted on 3 of my siblings, my mom, and me during our 3-month US tour of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe during the summer of 2009. I am attending Union University this fall and will (hopefully!) be sharing my college adventures.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-79556629007540148772010-09-02T14:47:00.000-05:002010-09-02T14:47:11.109-05:00

Well, I don't really have anything to say, but I'm writing anyhow.  I am doing well.  Speech class (public communications) is my favorite (yeah, go figure!).  I gave a speech on Wednesday which went well.  It was only 2 minutes, so no big.  :)  I have met so many cool new people...wow.  I could write a list of names, but it would be longer than anyone wants to read.  I have met a bunch of

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Thank you, Francis Bacon.  :)  So, yes, I am sick.  runny nose/cold something.  It's okay, but I have had runny nose in class for two days and all through church.  Yuck.  I slept a lot today, but that's okay, because I feel a lot better! We're watching Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie in the commons tonight.  Actually in a few minutes...so I have to go. But, it's going great.  Having a

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Well, I am at Union.  :)  Today I had breakfast in the cafeteria (which I won't do normally, but it's free during orientation).  It was good.  In our focus (orientation) groups we played a couple of games with another group, and we took some pictures of the freshman class in the gym.  After lunch we took a tour of Jackson to see all the interesting things around here.  We had dinner with our

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Okey dokey...here's what I'm up to: This summer after England I worked for the Tennessee Arts Academy at Belmont University for a week and a half.  That was fun...getting a taste of office work and running errands all over campus...and getting to see a few performances.  :)  It was great.  I also babysat quite a bit.  I've babysat pretty regularly for the same family for 3 years now, and they

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Alrighty...it's been way too long since this happened to be just now writing about it...but here goes: This is what was supposed to happen: leave Wells at 7, get to the London airport around 10. leave London airport around 11:50 arrive Chicago airport at 3 (local time) leave Chicago airport at 6:30 arrive Nashville airport at 8. go home. go to sleep.  (body clock says 2 am) This is what

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Look what a great picture I found for a background!!!!  It was so great that I decided to change the look of my blog.  And no, unfortunately, I did not take this picture.  :(  So, I promise I'll update soon...hopefully this week!  Life is crazytown.  :)

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So, my trip to England is almost over.  Wow.  I don't even know what to say.  London was so wonderful.  Wells is so wonderful.  They are so different, but both so English!  I still have to go back and fill in some things, like Bath, but I thought I should write tonight...my last night in England.  It was wonderful...I went to town with Mrs. Marilyn and we went in some shops, then had tea.  Then

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We went to Bath today.  It was great.  So pretty.  I'll have to write a big long post on it, but right now i am sleepy and need to go to bed so I can go wander the countryside tomorrow.  Open fields, big trees, tall grass, my journal, and a good book...sounds like bliss.  If only I had a horse and buggy...  :)

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Just some pictures from Wells.  I am in love.

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 "I am in love with this day!" ~India Mayer (6-17-10) Today was good and sad.  Lillie and Mrs. Shepherd left us at 8:00, and we had breakfast and headed to the market around 9:15.  We spent a while at the market (LOVE markets!) and then Mr. D and I went back to the hotel to get my luggage and go to Paddington station.  We got to Paddington and I bought some flowers for the Paynes (they look

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Today we left the hotel at 9:30 and headed to the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum of art and design).  The kids were in charge today so we had to figure out all the tube stops and such, as the parents weren't talking!  (they did help some later in the day, because we changed our route a bit)  The V&A was pretty amazing.  We looked around a tiny bit waiting to start an introductory tour.  The

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Today we went to Oxford.  We left the hotel at 9:00 and took the tube to Paddington (!).  From Paddington we took a train to Oxford, which took about an hour and fifteen minutes.  I was kind of sleepy (yeah, what else is new!), so I slept a bit and read my new Agatha Christie book.  Near the end we talked to a British lady sitting across from me.  When we got to Oxford we started out for the

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just added pics to the "a day in pictures" post...hope that will satisfy until I can get more on here, hopefully tomorrow!!

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So I have never been so sleepy as I was today.  Never.  Ever.  When I stood up I thought I might fall over, and when I sat down I only lasted a few seconds without nodding off!  That is not the way to see the National Gallery, or hear Evensong at St. Paul's cathedral.  That said, here's what we did today: 9:00...leaving for the National Gallery.  Took the tube (underground) and got off near

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Alright, I got the pictures sorted out, and I'll try to get them on here tomorrow.  I am plum tuckered out tonight!!  I'm sleepy and the battery is running down, so this will be short and sweet.  This morning we went to Westminster Abbey.  They don't allow pictures in there, regrettably, so I can't show you the inside.  :(  I have some pics of the outside though.  :)  It was A-Mazing.  There

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Today: London Eye, River Cruise down the Thames, Tower of London, (Starbucks!), Herrod's, and The Prince of Wales (Pub).  This morning we set out for the London Eye while the weather was clear and beautiful.  We got there and climbed aboard the ever-moving, Ferris wheel-like observation wheel.  It was...wow.  We could see FOREVER!!  The sky was wonderfully clear and I took so many pictures (

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Alright, the pictures are being stupid again, so I'll just write this for now and put them on here when I get a minute.  ~~6-13-10~~In the morning: the market. It's mostly just on Saturday, but some vendors were out on Sunday. They said it was only a tiny bit of the Saturday market. :( But it was really cool. There were all sorts of things for sale. One guy tried to sell me some Agatha Christie

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After rummaging through several hundred pictures, I am falling asleep in the middle of it and will do my "A Day In Pictures" post about today tomorrow...hopefully in the morning before I go get another xxxx amount of pictures!! And I'll add pics to the first posts that have been going without. Great day today, and the jet lag is pretty non-existant for me right now. I woke up this morning and

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Alright... Left the hotel at 6. Shuttled to airport, through security (Tim got his bag searched through by an intensely strict lady because of toothpaste!), got some breakfast, boarded plane at 7:40. The plane was HUGE. I was by Tim, who was by India, and Mary Beth was across the aisle on the same row. Mr. D was 5 rows ahead of me. All the flight attendants had British accents!! They were

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Okay, this will be fast and furious...and slightly vague. Comment if you're confused (or curious) and I'll clear you up. :) Arrived at airport at 4:00. Flight to Chicago cancelled because of Chicago weather. We are re-routed to DC to Boston, and then London. Flew to DC. Sat by Tim. He drew in a coloring book and I read some. Talked about Fiddler (I had pictures) and where we've

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So. School ended May 3, and I dove into the reprise production of And Then There Were None with Consider This Productions (CTP). Consider This was founded by Barry Hardy, who taught drama at school last year and directed the play last fall. Anyhow, Jonathan and I were in it in the same roles as in the fall and I was also the assistant director of both casts and did makeup for CTP. Fun times.

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Well, we got here last night (Saturday) and I could NOT get the computer to get online!! RAWR!! That happened to me all last summer, and I was hoping the plague wouldn't follow me here, but it did. Fortunately, I decided to try it in the lobby, and it worked! So now I'm in the breakfast room watching the steady stream of people check in at the counter on the other side of the glass doors.

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-69123877607694377522010-03-21T15:58:00.002-05:002010-03-22T20:11:34.604-05:00

So the not-being-able-to-get-online plague has followed me here!! But I have just found that it will work in the lobby! I'll update tonight, as we are heading out the door now...We've got a show to do!

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So, I have a fascination with these two men. I've just finished my research paper, which was on the Lincoln assassination,and I think I did pretty well, even though I haven't gotten my grade yet. But really, I didn't write it as much for school as I did out of personal interest. Anyhow, I decided to post my paper. For some reason, probably that I just have no idea what I'm doing, I can't get

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Let's face it, I'm not going to do a Christmas post. Christmas was pretty much a normal Christmas, nothing amazing or different happened. It's weird not to get toys anymore; I got a lot of clothes, jewelry, and chocolate. The other kids play around with their new things over the break from school/choir/piano/younameit, and I just have cool clothes and jewelry. It's...different. Anyhow,

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(Me as Golde)      So Fiddler on the Roof is over. Sadness. :( It was so much fun and definitely one of the best shows I've ever been in. What made is so great was that everyone really wanted to be there and wanted to make it the best that they could. Everyone did so well with their parts (many of which were type cast, I think!), and everyone worked together to make wonderful memories that we can

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So I felt like doing something new with my blog (it used to be brown). I am a blue girl. LOVE blue. Off to do homework...Christmas update soon! We redid the bathroom, which sounds boring, but it really needed it and I have wanted to redo some room of the house for a long time...and now its blue! I got to pick it out. :) Sneak peak:

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Wow. just figured out how to get pictures on here again!!!!!!!! It only showed them as a big link while I'm writing it, but it really is a picture when I publish it!!!!! I'm so silly. =S Here are a few of my favorite pictures I've taken recently, at a friend's house. I wish I lived somewhere so beautiful: So. I need to catch up on the outcome of all the things in the last post, but

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-67642423382929284972009-10-11T21:51:00.002-05:002010-02-23T00:05:45.390-06:00

I wrote this a week ago but am just now posting it, so it is from a week ago's perspective. This is freeing me up to post more often, since I'm finally getting past tour. (Just blog-wise, I'm still having a really hard time letting it go...) October 4th, 2009 Well, I guess it’s about time to actually write this down: The Lion Tour 2009 is Officially Over. Of course, it was over on August 30,

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August 6th This was the *craziest* day we’ve had in a LONG time. We were supposed to be at the college (where we meet every time before leaving from there) at 8:45 to leave at 9. When we got there Mr. Payne told us not to load anything in yet because there was a problem with the trailer. It was something about the bearing in a wheel -- I am totally car problem inept, so I don’t know exactly

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-31012333962286598642009-08-05T11:46:00.002-05:002009-08-05T11:50:49.408-05:00

Just a quick note to say we are leaving at 9:00 tomorrow morning. We're heading to Conway, AR for a show tomorrow night. After that it's Sringfield & St. Louis, MO, then Earlham, IA. We don't know if we'll drive all the way back on Monday or take it in 2 trips and get back Tuesday. Anyhow, that's it. :)

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We left Tallahassee and drove to Brunswick, GA. We got to Brunswick and the GPS lead us into a kind of neighborhood…which was obviously NOT where we were supposed to be. Mr. Payne called the people at the church and we got there alright, but it was kind of funny. We had lunch (sandwiches) and loaded in. Aaron told us about a dream he had had about other people trying to set up our set and doing

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Alright, sorry for taking so long to tell you about the rest of the trip. On August 1st we were drove from Merritt Island to Tallahassee, and did a show there. We got there about 1:30 and decided to have lunch before unloading the trailer. There were a bunch of guys there to help us unload, and Mr. Payne decided to let them unload the trailer while we were having lunch. That was nice, because we

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I posted twice today, so don’t miss the July 30 post. It was late when we got in last night and we had sunburn and I was too sleepy to post last night, so there are 2 today. July 31 Ah, yesterday. It was INSANE. We met back at the church and headed to the beach again, this time just for the morning. Raya and Krytsin were with us, and Katie D was heading to the airport to get Gee. Mr. Payne was

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-14989595504785530762009-08-01T15:37:00.002-05:002009-08-01T23:46:49.613-05:00

We left the hotel in Lake City at 10:00 and got to the church in Merritt Island at about 1:30-2:00. We dropped the trailer and changed into our swim suits and headed to the beach. It was a great day. First we had lunch -- Elizabeth, Aaron and I went to Subway and everyone else went to McDonald’s. On the way back to the beach (which was just a couple of blocks), us Subway people went to Ron Jon’s

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-59387380062675410302009-07-30T20:54:00.002-05:002009-07-30T20:58:36.410-05:00

Well, we just drove almost all day. We left at 1:00 and got to Lake City, FL at 10:30ish. We just stayed the night there on the way to Cocoa Beach where we are today. Just our van left Nashville yesterday, and the blue van (minus AnnaGee) came today. Gee is flying down tomorrow from D.C., I think. We are in host homes tonight and tomorrow. We're in the same homes for 2 nights. Today we went to

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I just finished fixing your pants a little while ago. Not beautiful, but it will stay. I'll bring them Wednesday. Love, Allison :)

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Well, yesterday we did our Jonesboro show. We left Nashville at 8:41 and drove about 5 hours to Jonesboro. It was an okay drive. No, really, it was fine. Of course, when you hit Arkansas the roads get really bumpy, but there's nothing to be done about that. I told Thad we should start a "repave Arkansas" fund. He said yes, we should, and he'd leave me to get that started. Uh-huh, yeah.

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We are leaving at 8:30 tomorrow (Sunday) morning to head to Jonesboro, AR for a 6:00 show. We are driving back tomorrow night, instead of Monday morning. So, should be a long day, but for sure a good one!

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Well, we're home! We left the church at 9:00 this morning and drove ALL day. We drove 12ish hours and only stopped about 4 times. Breakfast at host homes, lunch at Arby's, no dinner (we snacked, then got Taco Bell on the way home), long all day drive. Kind of boring/really crazy. We were stuck in pretty well not moving traffic for about 1/2 hour, and it rained off and on starting in the afternoon

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Well, yesterday morning we were at the house in NJ. The night before the wonderful lady whose house we were staying at had offered us her bikes for a ride to the boardwalk, which was about 1 block away. Of course, mom wanted to go, and Elizabeth went with her. She didn’t tell me what time she was going to be back, so we didn’t know they were lost until about 10:05, because we had to leave at

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We left the hotel at 8:30 and drove about, oh, I have no idea…it seems like it was 2 hours, but I really don’t know. The fantabulous hotel we were at didn’t have a complimentary breakfast, so it was $12.95 or McDonald’s. We went with McDonald’s. I ate a cinnamon bagel that mom had in the van and I only got hot chocolate at McD’s. We got to the place in Ocean City, NJ at about 11:00, going on 12:

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Well, we were supposed to leave the hotel at 8:45 (I think), but there is something going on with the way the trailer is hooked up to the van and how the lights work, so Aaron was working on it. (we got the trailer fixed today!) We left about 10 or 5 ‘til 9 and drove about 2 ½ hours to Pittsfield, MA. The show there was at Berkshire Community College, and the stage was amazing. It was a real

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-28253966591157809642009-07-19T23:36:00.002-05:002009-07-19T23:42:07.650-05:00

July 18th We left the hotel at 12:20ish… we had to be at the vans at 12:15 for a 12:30 leave, but since we didn’t have to load in suitcases we pretty much just got in and left. We went to The Pavilion and unloaded and had lunch. We unloaded first because lunch was supposed to be at 1:00 and we got there at 12:28. Lunch was amazing. They made us all sit at the tables and then they rolled

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July 17th. What a day. I was awakened by 1) the sound of Dora the Explorer on the tv...don't know why, and 2) Faith running into our room and doing a kind of flying leap almost onto me, also don't know why. Yes, it was interesting, but it got me up!! :) I was the last one in bed, and everyone else had been up for a good while. I really didn't have much to do other than get dressed and such (no

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So, it seems that when I upload pictures to the blog they turn into a huge-o blob of letters like a big link to nothing in particular...I'm still working on how to get them to be pictures again. :( Alrighty now…The story of July 16th Yesterday I got up at 8:45 and actually went to breakfast, which closed at 9. I usually don’t go to breakfast, so it was kind of a big deal. The only thing was

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Sooo, yesterday. Let me just warn you now…it was CRAZY!! (okay, by “yesterday” I do really mean July 15th)and again, the pictures won't work just now...I'll get them on here soon!! SO yesterday started at 2:45 am for me. We had to be out at the vans at 3:45 for a 4:00 leave. The alarm went off (on the phone that we DID get back from Montana!) and I rolled over and got up. I got dressed and

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Alright, this is REALLY long. If there are any references to pictures, that's because I wrote it before I found out that I coulnd't do them and I didn't want to go over this whole thing AGAIN. Oh, and there ARE 2 posts today...be sure to read them both. I meant to do one last night and one today, but it woudn't work last night. Sooo, yesterday. Let me just warn you now…it was CRAZY!! (okay,

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(Meant to be posted on Wednesday, July 15th, but I couldn't get online...I got on today but it turned the pictures I put on into a big jumble of words, so, no pictures :( ) So yesterday (Tuesday, July 14th), we left Nashville at 9:00 am and drove about 11 hours to Winchester, VA. It was a long drive, but everyone was in a good mood, so it was okay. We stopped at a Love’s (we LOVE Love’s!) and

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Well, due to an unexpected administrative error, we are leaving at 4:00 am tomorrow morning. Mr. Payne called us into his room and told us that he didn't know how it happened, but the show we thought was Thursday is actually tomorrow (Wednesday). So, we have to leave at 4 to get there about 4 pm (which is pretty late for a 7:00 show!). Today we just drove (FOREVER!!), and nothing really exciting

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-87783336687701773032009-07-13T23:07:00.004-05:002009-07-14T20:13:40.817-05:00

Well, today we had a pick-up rehearsal and got everything ready to leave tomorrow. Yep, 2 weeks later we all got together again and ran the show. Most of us were saying "I hope I remember all my lines!". Tomorrow we are going to Winchester, VA, to spend the night on the way to Rockland, Maine. Our first show on this trip is on Thursday in Rockland. We're going to have 2 days of lots of driving

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We're home!! Today we just drove up from Birmingham...about 3 hours. We had to drive right past our house to get to the college where most of us met family and we all went our separate ways. We all said "bye, see ya in a couple of weeks!" and we were off. It is kind of weird...being back home after being gone a whole month. Dad is building rooms in our basement (one of those "we're gonna do it

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Well, today was fantabulous. The shows went great this morning. We had to be there at 8:00 this morning for a 9:00 show...which meant we had to be out at the van at 7:30 with all our stuff. bleh. But, we lived. :) The hotel was really nice, so it was a shame we had so little time there. The one we're at tonight is really nice too, and we don't have to leave until 9:30 tomorrow. (!!!!) The second

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-68458560081962947552009-06-27T10:16:00.004-05:002009-06-27T10:40:55.470-05:00

Hey everybody! Yes, I'm still here. Sorry about taking so long in between posts...life is crazy. We got here (Gulfport) at about 5:00 yesterday and loaded everything into the church and set up. There is a show today, but we only have to go, do mic checks and makeup, and do show!! After the show and tear-down we're driving to Covington (about 1 hour), and setting up for Sunday. We're doing the

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From Mom: Well, this blog is pitifully incomplete, but we have decided not to be slaves to it, but hope to go back and fill in blanks as we can. Pictures? We have thousands of them, but that is Allison's dept. and she likes to do whatever the gang is doing at night. Maybe I will learn how while we are at home, or even how to put albums on Facebook in time, but we have gazillions of pictures

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Post from Mom: Well, I made a post last night and the internet cut off when I hit publish. I have to not care or I will go crazy. We left our phone in Kalispell, so unless I find someone with Verizon, I won't talk to you until I get home! I have so much to post, but we have so little time for the internet, and when we do, Allison and I both want it, or it doesn't work, is too slow, their are

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Alright, the original post is below, followed by a rewrite of the day with pictures... So we didn't go to the mountain today. :( It turned out that it would mean about 5 hours of van time for the round trip. So, we went down to the seaside market in the morning and then rode a ferry across to Bainbridge Island. The ferry was *really* cool. We had lunch on the island, which was Subway (for which

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-68672915021146944712009-06-15T01:20:00.007-05:002010-02-03T22:28:55.143-06:00

(pictures added 2-3-10, text unaltered) Today was Jonathan's and Mr. Payne's birthday. Jonathan is 15 now, and Mr. Payne is 1 year older than he was. We had a nice lunch at a Thai restaurant for their birthdays. Tonight we are staying at a hotel called the Red Lion Hotel at Bellevue, which is just outside of Seattle. This place is really nice. We have 2 nights here, and no show in

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-33416771842228375272009-06-14T04:05:00.005-05:002009-06-14T12:56:27.567-05:00

Coos Bay was fabulous. The stage was pretty small, so much so that we had to use the bare minimum on set. We took the wardrobe apart during intermission and pulled the curtains back so we could have more room for the Peter/Wolf fight scene. The wolf, by the way, is called Fenris Ulf. I think that was his name only in the first publication of the book, and then after that it was changed to Maugrim

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Well, our last show was Wednesday night in Redding, CA. It was at a convention center, so there was no carpet on the stage. :) The place was HUGE. It seated 1200, and someone said there were about 800 people there. It was a fantabulous place to perform. The stage was great and we had lots of space backstage to put set pieces, so we got to use everything. It was the first time since Edmond that we

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-68914336683687799002009-06-09T02:38:00.006-05:002009-06-14T04:02:54.999-05:00

I have so much trouble trying to get used to a laptop, getting on the internet and figuring out how to blog! I am technology challenged, and can you believe they have me in the sound booth for each show?? One night, the sound guy showed me the board and said, "Does this look familiar?", and I said, "Are you gonna let me touch it?" We weren't using mics that night, so after the levels were set, he

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Well, tonight we did the last show in Anaheim. The audience was a little bigger than Friday, and there were lots more kids. We had the best dinner ever and the people providing food for us this weekend bought us Turkish delight. It was pistachio flavor, and it tasted like a spoonful of sugar. :) Tomorrow we are driving up the coast. I think we'll be able to get out some and maybe get our feet wet

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-29938877936902157822009-06-07T02:39:00.009-05:002010-02-18T23:30:07.965-06:00

Okay, so sorry for keeping you all on edge. I've had some issues with getting on the internet the past 2 or 3 nights. I think this post will be mostly pictures and little writing. So, here goes... After Lubbock, we went to Albuquerque. We had one show there. It went great, the audience was nice. We couldn't use all of the set pieces again. I'm hoping I can remember all my tech (moving set on and

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Well, Lubbock was just dandy. Backstage was a choir loft, so couldn't use all the set pieces because they couldn't get off stage when they were not needed. There were only a couple things we couldn't use. Mom said she didn't miss them, and I'm sure the audience didn't because they didn't know they were supposed to be there. The show went great. The audience was great, definitely the best yet. My

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Well, right now I am sitting at the hotel, at the table with the laptop and dinner (which is Subway that we got before the show...about 5:30, and are just now getting to eat! Subway...Eat Fresh!), with my foot up on the back of a chair. I wiped out on the ramp when we were loading the trailer after the show. I was carrying the long piece of the stone table and somehow my right foot twisted up

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-10914453837382139652009-05-29T23:20:00.010-05:002009-06-14T03:31:58.457-05:00

Okay, so sorry about not posting yesterday. We got to the hotel at 12:15 am, then I couldn't get online because I didn't know the number you have to get at the front desk. So, here goes: We left Nashville at 2:00, and drove all the way through Arkansas and into Tulsa, Oklahoma. We have 10 people in our van, and there are 4 (and all the suitcases) in the other. There are 2 people on each 3 seater

Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07936046049405343358noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581216814710204054.post-59424485182988264522009-05-26T16:59:00.007-05:002009-06-14T03:29:52.831-05:00

Welcome to our blog! This is where you can find out what's going on with the Hearns this summer. We will be touring the USA doing a play of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Four of us are in the show -- Jonathan as Peter, Allison as Susan, Christopher as Edmund, and Elizabeth as the Bird and other small roles -- and our mom is helping with sound cues and ticket tables and such. I hope to

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