Just to let you know

From now on due to time, or the lack of it as the case may be, I will be posting a few days at the same time a couple of times a week. I am sorry for any bother.

Day 15 August 23rd

Today I got up at a respectable time because we were going to begin the tech rehearsals. After a short bus journey to the theater we were ready to begin. We started with the sound checks making sure that the mics were on the right volume levels for our voices. Lydia was the one who tested the annie mic and Molly tested tessie's. Then we got into costumes. I was going to be annie and Lydia was going to be tessie. With our costumes complete, wigs and all, we began the tech.

The first and second scenes went very well even danny the dog came to me when I called him. But it was all going too well. It was too good to last. In the 3rd scene my wig had moved and pulled my mic tape off and my wig cap scrumple up under the wig. Susan made some adjustments to it before I went on to to the 4th scene but halfway through it began to slip off. It was halfway off my head before I had even started I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here. Simone sorted it out for me and in our coffee break we completley re did my hair and it stayed on perfectly.

After lunch I got out of costume and watched the rest of the rehearsal. We finished a bit earlier than schedualed which was good because we were schedualed to finish at 10:00. We went back by taxi and had an early ish night.

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p.s. the next few posts have been delayed because of the shows finishing late I will post the a.s.a.p. sorry.

Day Off 2 August 22nd

Our second day off. I was at home all day it felt so good to be back in my own bed. I didn't do much exciting but I just had a nice day visiting my family. Daisy and Dotty were very glad to see me and I was very glad to see them. I saw Dillis and Phyllis who had grown since I last saw them. I had missed everyone so much it was good to see people again.

Day 14 August 21st

I got up early today so we could catch the bus on time. We got ready and caught the bus on time. It was a double decker bus so we sat on top level right at the front. From our perspective it looked like the bus was taking up the whole road other lane and all.

We arrived at the theater ages before we were needed so we played with the dogs who must be sick and tired of 11 year old girls attacking them with cuddles every morning, afternoon and evening. I ran through the whole show as annie and I mucked up a few bits and bobs here and there but I won't do that again. The run went quite well but I am very nervous about playing such a big part next week! Dad arrived just as we went down to wardrobe to fit our costumes. After that we all said goodbye to Lydia and her mum because they went shopping. We went in the car back to the house where I packed some stuff to take home for the weekend.

We traveled home for an hour or so and when we got home I played around for a bit then gran came for tea. I will now stop typing and go to bed. Oh well no early night tonight. Well I'll have one tomorrow honest.

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Day 13 August 20th

Today we woke up in our new house. We had had some trouble getting to sleep last night because Lydia was scared because she thought there were ghosts. We needed to be at the theatre at 11:00 to polish up the bits and bobs that needed polishing.

We went through the parts with the orphans and danny the dog. We discovered that most bits were the same but hard knock life reprise was a little different. The dog was very good and came when he was called. Molly was annie all afternoon and Lydia was tessie so I sat and watched. I sat and played with the dogs. I got a chance to do the first scene but Rodger asked me to do the scene and I didn't know what on earth I was doing.

When we got home we mucked about a bit on our laptops before tea. Tea was nice again. I don't really what else to say about after tea. Well we had baths and went back on our laptops. Lydia and I helped Molly with some of the dancing in the 'Never Fully Dressed' because we weren't sure of some steps. We went to bed fairly late. I say once again we WILL have an early night tomorrow.

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Day 12 August 19th

Today we all got up early at our travel lodge to catch our train to Bradford. We packed our cases again ready to go. We arrived at the station an hour before our train departed so we went to McDonalds for breakfast. After we had our breakfast we went to Kings Cross to find out some more details of our train journey.

We had a 2 and a bit hour train ride before we stopped at Leeds to change trains. Then after another 20 minutes we arrived in Bradford where a nice taxi was waiting for us to take us to our home for the next 10 days. The house is very nice but it's very old fashioned and smells a bit musty. I think we can cope. Lydia and I decided we will be sharing a room on the second floor. It's an upside down house above a coffee shop. It's upside down because the kitchen and living room are upstairs and the bathroom and some of the bedrooms are downstairs.

After a look around and a quick sit down we popped to Sainsburys for tea. We had spag bol which I hate so I had spaghetti and vegatables. I then had a bath in the lovely pale pink bathroom. In some rooms of the house when you are on your own you feel like you are being watched by someone or somthing. It's not too bad. You're never fully dressed without a smile!

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Day 11 August 18th

We had an 11:00 start so I didn't need to get up until later than normal. I had a hot chocolate, which I haven't had for a long time, for breakfast with my toast. The weather was nice this morning on the way to the rehearsal room for the last time in London then we move to Bradford o prepare for shows.

Not much was done in rehearsals today because Lydia was annie and Molly and I were orphans. It was fun to be an orphan again doing the reindeer and I got to do 'molly's' part and get lifted up by daddy warbucks in the last scene. We got to do a bit in the morning and clean up the routines but we just sat this afternoon. We had the schedule for the coming week including the shows and I found out that i am going to be doing the opening night to open the whole tour when Mr. Moreno. Mr. Hannah and the press come to watch.

We stopped off at Wetherspoons for tea where we had a call from the offices in Lincoln saying that we should have had all our belongings out of the apartment because someone was coming to clean it. We didn't know this and we thought we were spending the night there. Actually we had no accomadation for tonight at all. So we went back to the appartment to pack the rest of our things. We found out we would be spending the night in a travel lodge by kings cross station where we would catch our train to Bradford in the morning.

When we got to the hotel we were so close to the station we can hear the trains going past all the time. We are all upset and frustrated but at least we have a warm comfy bed, a roof over our heads and eachother. The sun will come out tomorrow!

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