| We had another interesting event at the theater involving water (it seems to be a theme lately!). The washing machines on the first floor are apparently not usually used by visiting companies however; due to the amount of dancing we do in each show, our wardrobe department needed to use them to clean parts of our costume. When the machines started to fill up some of the pipes began to leak and as the female troupe dressing room was located directly under the laundry room, we got flooded. Again! And again, stage management saved us (and our possessions) by acting very quickly to move us upstairs into another area we could use as a dressing room.
Other than that one minor issue, our stay in Santa Barbara was fantastic and everyone agreed we would have been happy to stay for a lot longer. The audiences were welcoming and enthusiastic and the inside of the theater was beautiful. It was made to look like the audience was sitting in a Mexican courtyard complete with clay walls and brightly colored lights hanging all over. It was fun for us on stage too because the colored lights stayed on throughout the show and lent a festive feel to the performance.
After leaving California we headed back to Washington again, this time to the city of Spokane. No one really knew what to expect and so we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived. Spokane has the feel of a small town but because of our location we had a lot of big city benefits. We stayed in a hotel which was located on a river, next to a park and had a shopping mall and cinema just a few blocks away. The weather was starting to get very cold by the end of our stay so any indoor activities were welcome. On our last night in Spokane (Halloween night) most of the cast decided to head over to the cinema for some old fashioned scary fun. There were a couple different horror/suspense movies playing at the time and so we split into a few groups. It was fun meeting up again after the films were over to debate which one was scarier. |
