Little Shop of Horrors

The very first week of school, auditions were held for Little Shop of Horrors, and Emily was there. It's a fun show with great music, and she wanted to be a part of it. Her wish came true when she was cast in the chorus. Rehearsals started right away, and her life was suddenly very busy!


One day she came home with some funky camouflage make-up on. In the final scene, the cast members are morphed into plants - the results of Audrey II destroying humanity and taking over the world. The make-up people were experimenting with a way to transform the cast members' faces into plants, and used Emily as their canvas. Pretty cool!




 Their director, Mr. Bertram, decided to instill a new tradition at ACMA - Red Carpet Day. On the day of the show's opening, cast members were encouraged to come to school dressed for the red carpet. Emily got all dolled up in a new dress, make-up, and heels. Oh, my! She's so grown up! And, what a beauty!

 

Wish I had some pictures from the play itself to post, but, alas, no flash photography was allowed during he play. :-(  Emily did a fine job in her roles as a homeless person (very convincing!), a fangirl - complete with a line to speak! - and a human plant scaring audience members at the end of the show.

Exhausted after the play ended, she was happy to have her life back, but so glad she was a part of a production some say was the finest ACMA has produced yet!

Flowers, flowers everywhere!

On our last day in Mobile, we took Mama and Daddy to the annual Flower Show at the Providence Hospital campus. It was a dismally gray day, and the rain was Mobile-hard, and non-stop. So glad we took advantage of the nice weather to do our outdoor activities when we did! The flower show was completely under cover in quite substantial tents, so the rain didn't dampen this event at all.

We arrived and were greeted by Mobile's traditional Azalea Trail maids, similar to Portland's Rose Festival court. These ambassadors of the city are high school seniors who have to attain specific standards of character, GPA, and extra-curricular activities. They show up everywhere throughout the year, and always wear a smile - and the requisite antebellum frills!



The flower show certainly had its share of designer floral displays. Every florist, designer, and landscaper in town had something to showcase. There were indoor room designs, like this favorite of mine.



There were outdoor spaces.



Even the local Book Clubs had theme displays interpreting some of the books they read over the past year.



But our hands-down favorite was the "Floral Couture" - a display of dresses made of flowers!



There were, of course, beautiful plantings of flowers everywhere we looked.


I was so excited to run into my friend, Carol Reeves, just before we left. She "in the biz", so I was on the lookout in case she was on site. We also saw a reference to our friend, Jay West, who built some A-frames for use in displaying artwork.

Don't know if we'll try to visit Mobile during Spring Break again; it was quite a rushed trip. But, this is a definite must-see if were in the vicinity again!