"He's a Music Man..."

After four months of rehearsing, preparing, planning, and stressing, The Music Man performances finally arrived. Between being the lead and being one of the head honchos for stage crew, Nathan has pretty much been living at school. But all the work was paid back in full by the enormous performance high that he had going all week. He had family and friends there for all three performances and as an opening and closing night attendee, I can truthfully say that they improved with each performance.

It was fun to finally see all the little things Nathan has been telling us about for months. And as mother of the lead, I got a bit teary when he led the entire cast around the auditorium singing “76 Trombones.” Not that I probably wouldn’t be a huge crybaby even if he weren’t the lead (live theater often has that effect on me), but I’ve got bragging rights this time around and I’m going to take advantage of that. 😉

I think the kids did a great job and I know Nathan has had a fabulous time. He has given the show his all since auditions in January. He’s completely exhausted today, but I have a feeling that he’s going to be rattling around the house for the next few weeks wondering what in the world he’s supposed to do with all the extra time he has.