Putnam County
The other day Leina finally talked Charles into taking her to the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which has been playing in town for a little while. She generally doesn't go to many broadway shows, but she did see Rent back in the 1990s and probably has seen one or two more since. Her inspiration for wanting to see this particular show is unclear. It is alleged that Leina really liked Spellbound, and therefore decided that she would also like this, fictionalized version of a spelling bee. Plus, if she had to pick a genre of Broadway show, she would choose musical comedy.
She said the show was good. Leina didn't get the cheapest tickets, but she got more expensive tickets that were half price or so. She paid about $40 each (or more likely made Charles pay it). At one point there is audience interaction where they pick up a few spectators to participate in the bee, and they chose this one guy who was a really good speller and he correctly spelled the word that they meant for him to misspell, which made some of the cast members giggle and Leina caught that and thought it was funny, too.
posted by Tony @ 11:32 AM
8 Comments:
poor poor charles. you forgot to mention that leina made him take the muni (or bart???) to the show. poor poor charles.
what word was it?
what's wrong with BART? that's the best way to get to a show!
???what was the word???
I should keep quiet b/c I can't even teach Yuto (Leina's 2nd cousin) how to spell balloon (ballon...oopps..busted by Leina and Jun)correctly. I was distracted. I was using the very special $60.00 german beeswax crayons and having a great time coloring. Getting too old for multi-tasking, I can't draw and spell. I was advised by Noriko (Yuto's mom), the next time I attempt to to teach Yuto the alphabet, B is for ball. "Simple is the best".
FYI: I love these rectangular crayons b/c they don't break!!! The beeswax crayons are terrific b/c when you blend blue and yellow the color turns green vs the crayola brand remains blue and yellow. And so many colors in the wooden box. I know,I know, in my youth I colored my pictures with crayola's. But the Japanese language teacher at the Marin Buddhist Temple gave me the tip.The teacher is "Waldorf" trained and let say she is very particular about synthetic items. Another time for that story.
Anyway, the crayons are fun to use even for the over 2.5 y.o. Bored at a meeting?? Date??? There is a portable tin ($20)size for the thrifty minded folks.
finally leina gets to see this play!!
what's wrong with bart? germs...stained cloth seats...germs...weird-os...germs...
Liane, Jun rides the BART to work.
Aunty, I challenge you to leave your car at the Richmond Bart station then take the orange line to San Leandro.
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