since i'm an equal opportunity photografather... and since both musicals have had their final performances... i thought i'd seize the jpegs.
which means...
...you'll find more pictures of "state fair" on the sidebar.
...and just below you'll find the short youtube video i took with my "flip" on opening night of "babes in arms" (directed by greg ganakas & choreographed by randy skinner). it shows a few clips from various scenes that jenn was in.
...and finally... here's a random collection of movie clips from ian & emma in "state fair".
the interesting thing about the collision of these two musicals with my midwest past is how they both remind me of a bit of my personal history. no... i wasn't around when they were first written. but i did spend a "fair" amount of time each year at the county 4-h fair. mostly in the barn playing cards with my friends & cousins between groomings for their prize-hopeful, four-legged, soon-to-be-butchered-and-bring-them-lots-of-money friends.
i think i only remember heading to indy for the state fair once though. probably because those purple "grand champion" ribbons never seemed to find their way to any of my boards displaying my brownie hawkeye black & whites, instamatic color prints... or variety of fish or fowl on the list for my wild-life project that year. (i won the "instamatic with the cool flashcubes by selling magazines to all my relatives!)
lots of good memories.
and... strangely enough... those county fair experiences encouraged some good stuff that to this day add special seasoning to my life.
so... even though some might look at these musicals as reminders of a hokey-pokey time in america's history... sure, i can laugh at the good old days... and sure, all of them weren't that good. but... i often find myself wishing my kids had a bit more of those hometown experiences to season their lives as well.
so... maybe my pictures will help my kids some day remember a bit of my history... woven into a bit of their own.
Two of your last four posts made me lol....i'll let you figure out which ones they were. I had no idea you were so...funny. :)
Posted by: Judy Martin | May 08, 2008 at 11:28 PM