you have to believe we are magic...

How else to explain my presence at the Starcastle tonight?

That isn't where I'd planned to be, but the musical I'd thought of seeing ("Mean Girls") was sold out for its entire run.

Fortunately, Savannah Children's Theatre had this trick up their sleeve!!!

I'd thought this was coming next month. 

And how did I know "Xanadu" was where I was meant to be?

Programs were on the ticket counter!

The woman there knew my name before I said it!

A front row seat greeted me when I entered the performance room!

Right place, right time!

Wow!

 

By intermission, I was so amazed with this show that I sent out texts for Betsy, Laura, and Mary.

"This is sooo much fun!! Can't believe I remember the lyrics to the songs!!!"

As I told the two girls sitting next to me, I haven't seen the movie version in at least thirty years.

(Truth be told, it was probably more like 40. I'd used my keyring to mark my seat when I took a break, then told the middle-school girls the story about it. So, they were aware that I was old-er.)

 

After the musical was over, I sent another text to Betsy and my sis-in-laws, as well as my friend Robin Eifler.

"So cool having a rollerskating show here!! At Starcastle!!! Loving this!!!"

"Seriously, you should come see this!!"

Those are six of the many Muses, taking their bows at show's end, and they are all on roller skates!!!

When I had seen how empty the stage floor was, I'd hoped the "roller disco" musical would be complete with skating...

especially with all the Olympic ice dancing and figure skating I've been enjoying from men, with couples, and from women...

and my hopes came true!!!

Right place, right time!  

 

I wonder if the players were surprised to see me mouthing all the words on this opening night?

I'm serious.

I knew all the words to all the songs from 'Clio/Kira' (Juliette Delcroix) and 'Sonny Malone' (Charlie Karpf).

They were the central characters of the story.

 

Here the guy is again, along with Will Johnson, who played 'Danny', the man who'd built 'The Xanadu' a few decades ago, but never opened it.

They seem to be pretty good friends in this shot for their dads, don't they?

That's because they are!

Remember the woman who ran the Pop-Up Shop at last year's SMF?

That would be Noelle Leigh Westmoreland, and she's their teacher and music director for this spring class!

She met me at the front door and we talked for about ten minutes as the kids were all getting their photos taken.

Nice to be where people know my name.

Right place, right time!