Karaoke and a Dance Show

February 17^th-18^th, 2024

It was a Friday night in the wild village of Sutton Poyntz (that was sarcasm), so what else to do but hit one of the local pubs, the Spice Ship.  Auntie Shirley, my cousin Sid, Naomi and I strolled down to the establishment which was half full with middle-aged to older clientele…we fit right in.  As we were enjoying our drinks, a lady proceeded to set up some Karaoke equipment.  This got Naomi excited…me, not so much.  I’ve never done Karaoke, and the World can thank me that I don’t plan on ever doing it.  It didn’t seem like the right crowd for Karaoke, and there wasn’t much of a crowd.  However, Naomi and Sid threw their hat into the ring and wrote down on a card that they would perform Tom Petty’s “I’m Learning to Fly”…good on ‘em!  We left shortly after and I doubt there were any other performers, for a while at least.

In the Spice Ship, whose decor tries to make you feel as though you are in an 18th century ship sailing for the British fleet.

Saturday was a big day.  My cousin Gemma’s three girls who range from seven to twelve years-old where going to be in a show!  All of them take dancing lessons of various types, with Annabel doing the most.  Every two years, the dance studio that they attend put on a dance show at a local school that has a proper performing stage.  When I mentioned this to Naomi before the trip, the sweetheart changed her departure by a day so she could attend the show entitled “From Oz and Beyond”. 

 

Charles, Gem’s husband, sent us a text detailing what dance roles each of the girls would be.  We were on the lookout for: a couple of munchkins, a lion cub, snow (x2), a winged monkey and a zombie.  An interesting list.  At the start of the show, the second of the day and it was sold out, the emcee stated that no photography or videoing was allowed and to please not use phones.  That was unfortunate as it would have been nice to take a few pics.  I also had to make sure to be surreptitious while trying to look up the text with the roles that the girls were as we could not remember all of them.

 

The first half of the show was a take on the Wizard of Oz and we were impressed with the production quality.  After about 23 dances (whew), there was an intermission followed by the second half which was a new storyline.  One of the male performers was some kind of time travelling professor, collecting items for his potion…or something to this effect.  I liked him, you could tell that he loves performing, acting probably more than dancing, and it showed.  It was shorter than the first half and we thought it was more entertaining than the first half.  Everyone, including people sitting nearby whispering, agreed that the show was a bit too long (about 3 hours with the intermission!)…but it was really good.  A few of my favourite numbers were the youngest bunch, maybe 4-5 years old.  They were too cute and did some unexpected things (as to be expected), and you couldn’t help but smile and laugh.  Well done girls!

Pippa after the show:

The next day Naomi flew back to Israel.  It was great to see her again and it was fun to reconnect.  It was good for her to have a break from the craziness going on back home with the war with Hamas.  Take care over there Naomi!  xo

Our last outing to Dorchester with Naomi: