Opening Night

OPENING NIGHT

    Last night was FINALLY opening night for James River High School's TARZAN the stage musical.  It was such a success! I say "FINALLY" because due to weather conditions everything was delayed.  It was difficult because since we are a school theatre group the county determines whether or not we can do our show.  Since there were icy conditions they cancelled school and after school activities Tuesday and Wednesday which meant we lost tech rehearsals and the dress rehearsal.  Then Thursday (which was supposed to be our opening night) was cancelled as well.  The cast was devastated that the show could not happen as scheduled.  As Friday rolled around our spirits were lifted when school was cancelled but after school activities could still happen! Everyone in the cast and crew were blasting out on social media that the show was still on! Then as we were about to leave for the theatre they cancelled the show.  By Friday the run of our show was supposed to be almost over.  Now here we were Friday and we haven't even started! 

   Saturday night was still on! So that became our opening night.  Not only did we have Saturday but we added Sunday night, and Monday night!   As actors we just had to go with the flow.  The only worries we had was not having a large audience.  We thought that maybe because it had been cancelled so many times that no one would show up.  Lucky for us when we stepped out on stage there was a great big audience who was ready to cheer us on! 

  We had a great show and really proved that we could handle anything! Including only one full tech rehearsal and no final dress.  I am SO proud of my cast and crew! We have worked so hard and we didn't let a little bad weather stop us! Opening nights are always a blast and I cannot believe we made it to that point! 

   Here's to a great two more shows! We got this! Tarzan family forever.

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