The other night, I had the pleasure of witnessing something quite unusual, but extremely heartwarming. I attended the 32nd annual Tuba Christmas here in Los Angeles!!! Yes that's right, over 200 tuba players filled the stage of this old-school theatre house in Glendale. We had to chug our delicious eggnog and scramble in quickly to get a seat of this strange event. The place was PACKED! All to see 200 + tubas play Christmas songs, while everyone got to sing along!
It reminded me of being in my grade school band, and having concerts in the school gymnasium. It had the same sense of community and holiday cheer, along with the cheesey holiday apparel; Christmas sweaters and red socks with the silly reindeer antler headbands. People went NUTS over these tubas, and I have to say, it was pretty awesome. Not to mention beautiful sounding!
Today I had an audition for the musical "Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb story."
It will be the Los Angeles premier of this two person musical based on the thrill killers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who in 1924 Chicago, killed a young innocent boy just for the thrill of it.
It will be directed by Nick DeGruccio and performed at The Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood.
The audition went well, but they noticed right away that I wasn't a member of any union, which might weigh heavily on my chances of being a part of it.
I will be in Chicago a week from today! I've bought a new scarf and everything! Bring it on!
