Nurturing my inner... musical delighter

Wolf Trap is such a wonderful outdoor theater, which I forget every year until I attend something incredible.  Then I want to smack myself in the head for waiting until the end of the season when it's too late to get to too much more.  Not every part of the country has such a great open air venue for live entertainment and I need to purpose to go more than once a summer.

I've been listening to the soundtrack for Legally Blonde: The Musical for a few years.  Oh yes, I have it memorized.  I am happy to report that it was as fantastic as I hoped!  The choreography and talent were top notch.  I laughed a ton!  (Disclaimer: It is Broadway, so there are a few slightly off color parts that were not on the CD, so I can't be held responsible if you see it and take offense to that.  But you should not let that stop you!  As far as professional shows go, it's as PG 13 as you're gonna get.  Next to Wicked.  Which I've seen in NY and DC and highly recommend as well.)

Me, Sherry, Dora, Becky and Gigi

A few weeks back I sent an email to a dozen of my friends.  Since I was planning on going even if it had to be by myself, I was thrilled that four people responded that they wanted to come along.  What I liked was that they didn't all necessarily know one another.  As a gatherer, I jump on the opportunity to connect people.  Any chance I get, I try to have group outings revolving around interaction and entertainment.  I live in such a culturally rich area, it is just wrong not to take advantage of that.

The five of us met for a casual lunch and they all got to chat.  Two of them realized they knew each other from the same high school.  Another was a group leader for one of the girls years ago.  Maybe the world is not as big as we think.

As for the details of the show: the costumes were fun, the set designs were clever, the choreography was unbelievable and they even had a live Bruiser the chihuahua! It was nearly impossible not to tap my feet and sing along through the entire show!  I was pained with restraint.  Had we been able to choose our talents and careers in life, I would have been right up there on stage with the cast.  Sadly, I have not a lick of singing talent for starters.  And it goes downhill from there.  Guess I'll settle for being involved from rear orchestra seating and admiring those super talented women and men shine from center stage.

It's so great when people of all different areas of your life can come together and delight in something common.  Makes for such a fun time for everyone.  Mix and match your friends.  You might get something unexpected.