Hale Centre Theatre!
We had our Family Home Evening on Tuesday evening this week! My dear friend Cheryl, shared some tickets with us for the Hale Centre Theatre The tickets were for the show "Annie Get Your Gun". WHAT A HOOT! It was SO much fun! The kids loved it just as much as i did!
The evening started off kinda rough. The kids were both being stinkers! I made them dress up... just a little bit. They were both having FITS! (We need to 'get out' more!) My kids were so mad they had to 'dress up' and they weren't even going to CHURCH! SHeesh! the HORROR! Ü I kept on trying to explain to them that this was something Special... and not just a movie! or minature golf! They just weren't getting it! 'we don't want to drive all the way to Salt Lake...' *whine whine whine* and continued to be stinkers until we got there. Then i think that it started to sink in, that this was something we hadn't done before and was going to be pretty neat.
As we went in, there were these TWO enourmous stair cases that took us up to above the stage and to our seats. We were just a little bit early, so we couldn't be seated right away. We walked around in the lobbies (there were several)(I guess for those theater goers that arrive early... there are several places where you can just sit and enjoy company) They were beautiful! One of them had a Great big fireplace. We visited the restrooms & got some snacks. ($2.00 for a can of diet coke!!)SHEESH! ($2.00 for a little box of red vines!)double SHEESH! (we will be sneaking in snacks the next time!) and then the 'curtains' opened, for us to start seating so up the stairs we went!
We found our seats. Our seats were perfect too! We couldn't take pictures while the show was going on... but our seats were RIGHT NEXT to an area where the actors would come up and off the stage and right next to where we were. It was sorta like an extention of the stage. It was so kewl! We couldn't take pictures once the show started... but we took some before it started...
The stage was a ROUND stage, so the action was all around. The theater itself was a big circle, so we could see everyone and everything in there. The red light behind Sadie and I is the stage.
The show was amazing! The gal that played Annie was absolutely ADORABLE! She played it so well... and we ALL were in LOVE with her before the end of the show! SO GOOD! Sadie was awe struck! When the show had ended... Sadie said "what if they are out there Mom!? Can we get their autographs?" It was so cute. Well, and sure enough... by the time we got out into the main lobbies again, all the actors were out there, standing by the doors and greeting EVERYONE as they were leaving! it was SO GREAT! I thought Sadie was going to PEE her PANTS! We didn't get autographs, but we did get a picture. The main male character was standing right next to the Annie character... but he was talking with someone else and signing an autograph, otherwise it would have been fun to include him in the picture.
SO FUN! We can't WAIT to do it again! BIG - The Musical is coming up starting July 29th. I think that will be our next show! I think we will ALL love that one!
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