Cedar City

So Jackie and I decided to go on a little vacation last week. We loaded up a bag and headed off to Cedar City, UT to see a couple of shows at the Shakespeare Festival. We saw Gaslight (which we loved) and Julius Caesar (which should end after Mark Antony's Friends, Romans, Countryman... speech). We stayed in a romantic Best Western Towne and Country Inn where we basically laid around with sparkling cider and candles.

Oh. Wait a minute. We were joined by 38 high school students- I went down on a charter bus (where we watched lots of The Office Seasons 3 & 4)- we shared the Best Western with approximately 698 other high school students (my students joined the students of Lone Peak High School in a dnace off in the parking lot). We competed against 97 high schools in Dance Ensemble (The Tempest- and student choroegraphed), Dance Duo/Trio (Antony & Cleopatra), Acting Ensemble (my western version of Taming of the Shrew), Technical Olympics and 3 monologues and 2 scenes. Overall, the Acting Ensemble took 2nd (and was asked to perform it at the awards ceremony in front of 3500 students), the Dance Ensemble took 2nd (and was also asked to perform) and the Dance Duo took 1st (and the female dancer won a $1000 dance scholarship).

Overall, it was an eventful weekend. One student lost their shoes (on the day it rained), our bus driver swore more than any Martin Scorcese film ever did (and kept commenting on how people he knows keep ending up in the paper talking about their arrests) and I didn't have to wait for anyone at the school to be picked up by their parents. Yay Riverton Drama!