Hollywood

I'm exhausted. Today was the first of two set builds for the kid's show, Movies!. 7 of the older group members came to help the adults hang the backdrop and then paint both it and the two side flats.

After two "Stupid question" phone calls to Setman on a) How to put up the large A frame ladder and b) which rail the drop should go on, we were underway apart from the fact that no one could fathom out how to work the overhead projector which we were going to use to copy the image onto the backdrop. After stupid question c) to Chairman as we couldn't get hold of Producer Him on the phone, we just did a rough line across the drop so that we could start painting before Producer Him arrived to do his thing.

The backdrop is an image of the Hollywood hills with the white sign and searchlights and the side flats are of Oscar statues. I have to say - it looks great - so good in fact that Director Rat and I are wondering if we can use the same backdrop for Rat Pack to save some money and set building time.... We shall see.

In between painting the youngsters asked for the show CD to be put on and proceeded to make more noise singing the songs than all 29 of the group made on Thursday evening when rehearsing. It appears that in order to make kids sing loud they have to have a paintbrush in one hand, an ice lolly in the other and a liberal covering of emulsion paint on their clothes, hands, feet, faces and hair.....

Meanwhile - in the costume corner .... (http://www.allaboutcostumes.blogspot.com/)


Lyric of the Blog: " There's something in the air in Hollywood. The sun is shining like you knew it would. You're ridin' in your car in Hollywood. You got the top down and it feels so good " Madonna