Enid's Apple Pie contest!

Today Joey (my brother) and I entered an apple pie in Enid's apple pie contest. It was a super busy day and we had to take the pie directly out of the oven and run it over there in time for the 6:00 deadline. The whole time, I imagined tripping and falling face first into a steaming hot pie on the sidewalk. I didn't.They were featuring "foods-on-a-stick" so we had corndogs and caramel apples. Then we waited while they judged the pies.... It was so crowded that we didn't get to see who won :(
I sent Joey into the fray to retrieve the pie, but it was pretty well gutted by the time he got it back. Then on the way out the door we were shanghaied by more people with forks. It was fun :)

Joey said my pie should've at least won "Best Personality"This was my favorite! not sure whether or not it won anything, because it was too crowded to see the winners.

Amol and Sarah's wedding

Amol and Sarah live here in Brooklyn and we're so glad. We've had many lovely meals together! Their wedding was gorgeous, and made me homesick-- it was in MA and the fall leaves were perfect. Everyone was so joyful and there was tons of dancing! Such a celebratory event.
It's a long time since Worcester Academy!

Courtney and Brian's Wedding

Courtney and I met at "German Camp" 10 years ago. We went up to Middlebury and took a pledge to speak only German for 7 weeks. At the end of the session Courtney won a prize and I knew how to say "smarty-pants" :) I met Brian at UT when he was singing Onegin with Drake, and got to know him more when I joined them at Texas the next year.

They are so great together, and they live in Philly now which means that we still will get to see them! Their wedding was beautiful-- an outdoor ceremony, and indoors at the reception there were 1,000 paper cranes that Courtney and her family and friends had folded. It was really beautiful and we were so glad to be there.

Updates!

I have been so busy during the month of October, and loving it! So many weddings, and headshots and a pie baking contest, and voice lessons and Purcell!

Also found out that I'll be performing in Babes in Toyland (Victor Herbert) at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. Can't wait. So happy when I found out that I get to sing a bit of the title song, which I didn't know I knew until I heard it and was overwhelmed with nostalgia :) Operetta is like that... so familiar and strange!

OK let's get to the pics.

Doctor Atomic Rush

In case you haven't heard: Met's prime orchestra tickets (usually $175 - $220) for Doctor Atomic will be made available to the public at $30.

The special Doctor Atomic Rush Ticket program will offer an additional
minimum of 200 seats for each of the nine performances of the John Adams
work. All Doctor Atomic Rush Tickets will be available at the Box
Office, as follows:

12 noon day of performance for weekdays
10 a.m. day of performance for matinees
2 p.m. day of performance for Saturday evenings

Schedule:

• Monday, October 13, 2008, 8:00 pm
• Saturday, October 18, 2008, 1:00 pm
• Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 8:00 pm
• Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:30 pm
• Thursday, October 30, 2008, 8:00 pm
• Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:30 pm
• Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:00 pm
• Saturday, November 8, 2008, 1:00 pm
  
• Thursday, November 13, 2008, 8:00 pm

  photo courtesy of www.metoperafamily.org
  

Shotgun wedding

We went down to Texas a couple weeks ago for Josh and Erin's wedding. We met Josh while at UT. He and his roomate Joseph (Drake's friend from Vandy) kept a scythe at the fireplace, a bowl of empty Smint boxes on the coffee table and one time he and Drake threw our couch off of the third story balcony (but didn't TAPE IT! fools....) He and Joseph co-wrote the law school musical revue for several years. We ate many burritos, and much queso. We miss them alot. We met Erin and got to spend more time with her while we were in Dallas for a spell last year. We went to the State Fair of Texas together and ate a bunch of things that you can only get at the State Fair of Texas. (like chicken-fried bacon. WHAT?!?)

Anyway. SO glad that we could make it down there for their wedding. We had so much fun. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the weekend. (And yes, they are cutting the cake with a sword)more....

Jonathan!

We know Jonathan from long ago and upstate (not too far away)
Jonathan and Drake and I were all Sweeney Todd together my last year at Eastman. Really good times. The photo shoot was really good times too....
hee-hee... no but seriously. Here's his first pick:

Jonathan is in a new production of a musical version of Pride & Prejudice which was co-written by a great friend (from Eastman and Ohio Light Opera) Lindsay Baker. I can't wait to see it on Broadway! (It is going to Broadway!)
more to come...