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In three days I will be on my way back to the Crystal Symphony. I wasn’t dreading the 17 hour flight until I went to the gym two days ago and threw out my back. Fortunately, the light at the end of that very long tunnel, during which I will passing over the international, date line and losing a day of my life, is a life-long dream trip from my bucket list, Australia and New Zealand!
My attempts at ‘being still’ when it came to booking my next job has proven practically everyone who knows me correct, once again. At the urgings of my good friends Tyler and Megan, (sorry guys, once you are engaged you are no longer singly credited for anything)I sent the managing director of The Derby Dinner Playhouse a note listing my availability and practically begging for a job. Well, it payed off, and I will be playing the Godmother in Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. My hunger for the golden age of musical theater will be partially satiated by this piece from later in R&H’s career, but my luke-warm feelings about the show are brought up to a simmer by the fact that I’ve played this role before; In the eighth grade, at Meadowbrook Middle School, in Poway, CA. Here’s to coming full circle and here’s to always being drawn back to the place I call my hometown, North County San Diego! Not to mention a return to one of my top five favorite cities, Louisville, KY. Where: The Derby Dinner Playhouse What: Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella as The Godmother When: July 6th-August 15th Tix: www.derbydinner.com
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Going back to the ship was delayed for an indefinate amount of time, and it reminded me that I have a problem being still. According to our contract, our paychecks were not threatened by the delay, however their was no convincing my brain of this fact. Not to mention the deep dark places that my dreams took me, where, somehow and for some reason, our contract was completely terminated. Then this morning we received word that all was well and that we would join the ship on the 18th in Sydney. Now all of the stress and worry of the last week seems like a terrible waste of energy; a terrible waste of energy that my best friend, my mother, and even my ex-boyfriend will tell you I expend EVERY TIME I am not working.
So there are two things to be done, I can learn to quiet my crazy mind, or you, dear reader, can offer me a job. I am available June 4th! I'm gonna give stillness a shot. |
 Brooke Aston
Since the age of sixteen my adventures in music have taken me all over the country. After years of bouncing around I've made Orange County my home. Here are my stories. Archives
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