Wizard of Oz

I hurried home from my race to take Cheyenne to the matinee of The Wizard of Oz, put on by a local community theater. Two girls in our ward were in it and also our neighbors were supposed to be in it, but had a death in the family at the last minute. I was a little concerned about Cheyenne, because it was like 3.5 hours long! Even I was losing my attention span by the end, but it was so good! We also had awesome seats about only 2 or 3 rows back, although it was a little loud for Cheyenne since we were right by the orchestra pit and the speakers.

Cheyenne loved it and was asking me questions throughout the whole thing. They had a real dog for toto which I thought totally made it 100 times better, especially for Cheyenne. There were a few scenes that the dog wasn't out there for that he was supposed to be because I think he got a little worked up, and every time, Cheyenne would loudly ask, "where is the doggie???" Can't get anything by her I guess!

Here is Cheyenne and I at intermission:

After the show they said all the kids could come up on stage to meet the cast and get pictures (just with Dorothy, the good witch, the tin man, the scarecrow, and the lion. So we went right up there and when they came out all the people were just standing there clapping for them and we were the only ones on stage. I was confused and started to go back down, but they said they were there to take pictures. I still don't really get why no one else came up there. Anyway, Cheyenne met them all and got a picture with Dorothy. She was disappointed the dog wasn't up there though! This Dorothy was SO GOOD! She was exactly like Judy Garland in the movie and she is a voice major at UGA so she sang really well too. All the acting was good and it was so fun to watch!

We just checked out the movie from the library and Cheyenne watched the whole thing. She and Jeff are going to watch it together again this weekend.