Saturday, March 29, 2014
Chip Becomes a Real Boy
Belle: "Oh, isn't this amazing. It's my favorite part, you'll see. Here is where she meets Prince Charming, but she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three." Aubrey Halford as "Belle" and Emilio Ruiz Benton as "Chip."
Chip: "Cheers!"
Shelby Davis as "Babette;" Mataia Blackwell as "Mrs. Potts;" and Juan Oseguera as "Beast."
Chip: "Mama, I have a strange feeling. I don't know what it is, but it makes me feel kinda bubbly."
Mrs. Potts: "It's hope, son. I've been feeling it, too." James Shofner as "Cogsworth" and "Courtland Teal as "Lumiere."
From right to left: Mataia Blackwell ("Mrs. Potts"), Emilio Ruiz Benton ("Chip"), Daniel Carpenter ("Gaston"), Tanner Stone ("Le Fou"), Juan Osegueara ("Beast"), Aubrey Halford ("Belle"), Courtland Teal ("Lumiere"), Shelby Davis ("Babette"), ECU Graduate as "Maurice," Morgan Galbreaith ("The Wardrobe"), and James Shofner ("Cogsworth"). Directed by Nancy Forbes and Vickie Reifsnider. Stage Manager: Tina Davis.
Audience members (Friday and Saturday) include (in addition to the Ruiz Bentons): John Dan and Michelle, Grandmom, Grandmother and Granddaddy, Lisa, Melissa, Norah, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Nelson, Ms. Melinda, Rebecca and Anneliese Nicholson-Weir, Jill Brown, Bessie Eddy, Jaime Worden, Karlee and Bradley, Caiomhe Gurley.
Village Boy: "Once upon a time, in a far away land, a young prince lived in a shiny castle..."
Red Devil Rematch (Season Five, Game One)
In the first game of the season five, our opponents are the Red Devils--the same Red Devils who used an aggressive "CattyWampus" coverage defense on Emilio to engineer the only tie the Blue Dragons experienced in the Fall. Emilio missed the Blue Dragons's only practice because he was attending dress rehearsal for "Beauty and the Beast."
The returning Blue Dragons, in addition to Emilio, are: Lane, Tyler Bratton, Emily, and Tristan. Two new Dragons include: Tyler and "Kiki" (Mackenzie).
That's the first goal of the season. Lane gets the score; Emi gets the assist. Blue Dragons 1, Red Devils 0.
That's it: the first. The patented pick-and-score. Blue Dragons 2, Red Devils 0.
Impressive intercept by Emilio followed by a feed to two Blue Dragons in front of the net. Unfortunately, we can't finish. And the score at the end of one is 2-0.
In the second quarter, Emi's new teammates help extend the lead, and at the half the score is 5-0. Emi starts the third quarter . . .
And manages a nifty nick with the left and a boot with the right--his second and the Blue Dragons's sixth. Dad, Michelle, Pablo, Nina, Mom, Mari, Grandmom and John Dan look on.
Four minutes later, still in the third, Emi loses the handle on our end of the field, recovers, dribbles against the grain, and just as he crosses midfield and the defense moves in, sees that the goalie has left the net to challenge his drive, and lets loose one of his longest shots. It's true. That's #3 for Emi and #7 for the Blues.
Coach Bratton sits Emi and the Tylers in the fourth. Finals score: Blues 10, Devils 0.
Michelle took the photos below. I've asked her to come back every week.
The returning Blue Dragons, in addition to Emilio, are: Lane, Tyler Bratton, Emily, and Tristan. Two new Dragons include: Tyler and "Kiki" (Mackenzie).
That's the first goal of the season. Lane gets the score; Emi gets the assist. Blue Dragons 1, Red Devils 0.
That's it: the first. The patented pick-and-score. Blue Dragons 2, Red Devils 0.
Impressive intercept by Emilio followed by a feed to two Blue Dragons in front of the net. Unfortunately, we can't finish. And the score at the end of one is 2-0.
In the second quarter, Emi's new teammates help extend the lead, and at the half the score is 5-0. Emi starts the third quarter . . .
And manages a nifty nick with the left and a boot with the right--his second and the Blue Dragons's sixth. Dad, Michelle, Pablo, Nina, Mom, Mari, Grandmom and John Dan look on.
Four minutes later, still in the third, Emi loses the handle on our end of the field, recovers, dribbles against the grain, and just as he crosses midfield and the defense moves in, sees that the goalie has left the net to challenge his drive, and lets loose one of his longest shots. It's true. That's #3 for Emi and #7 for the Blues.
Coach Bratton sits Emi and the Tylers in the fourth. Finals score: Blues 10, Devils 0.
Michelle took the photos below. I've asked her to come back every week.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Island attacks and salt mines
At the Museum of World Treasures in Wichita, and Strataca, the Kansas Underground Salt Museum, in Hutchinson.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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