I finished sewing the dresses for Larisa, who is playing Lydia in P&P, in the nick of time. The lame pattern had these cute, inefficient draw strings at the neck and the empire waist…. that just produced a gaping hole with white skin showing on the back. So I sewed the cord in place, chopped it off and put in a zipper. Whew. No ivory skin beaming forth. I also made a green gown that had four handmade roses on it… which were also finished the night before the show. WHEW, again. The cute lavender dress kept blowing open in the back because the snaps and hooks wouldn’t hold up to Larisa’s flamboyant movements. So I added some hooks and the squeezed them all tight with pliers…. and the dress stayed shut… but was very difficult to get off!
There is some sort of anti-family-photo regulation with the shows, so only the staff photographer can take any pictures. So we’ll have to wait for those, which are always fabulous, by the way. I just hate waiting. AND I forgot my camera for before and after the shows… so I have no pictures. But, alas, another dad posted pictures on facebook and I lifted one so you could see just the top of the cute lavender dress:
This is post-production hair that has been flattened by matching bonnets, by the way. And that is Matt, aka Mr. Darcy…. and Hannah, aka Kitty, in the background.
So the Friday night show was a packed house and they had to bring in more chairs. With such a lively crowd, the cast was also lively and the show was fantastic, if I do say so myself. Larisa’s portrayed the giggly 16-year-old, Lydia, who runs away with Mr. Wickham…. the floozy. But I must say, she portrayed her quite vivaciously and was the true comedy relief of the show…. bouncing, smiling, fluttering, primping, swaying, flirting, and on and on. Makes a mama proud…. well, her ACTING ability…. not the floozy part. :o)
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