"Target Mania"

Hiya friends and family! I have been so busy this past week or so...I was on vacation! :) Last Friday I worked an Opening Night dinner for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and was not really that eventful except that I met a very entertaining volunteer for the Guthrie, Marlene. She shared her whole life with me and even wore a big southern hat to the event because the play is set in Louisiana. After I was done working the intermission lounge part of the event, I was free to go and headed to Storm Lake for the weekend to see some BV peeps and enjoy Schaller's Popcorn Days festivities! I ended up getting to Storm Lake at 1:30 in the morning and had a drink waiting for me at Puff's...a thank you! The weekend was a blast with spending time with friends, making a slip-n-slide covered in baby oil, and enjoying the beer garden. After that, I headed to Sioux City to spend some time with my momma, sister, and niece, Hannah. Fantastic! (Except I got a scope done on my stomach...that was not a fun day!) I headed back to Minneapolis on Thursday and worked tirelessly for a day or two to help set up for the big event that happened yesterday, Saturday, at the Guthrie. This event was the Target Arts and Wonder Family Free Day (quite a mouthful) and was such a great experience and such a tiresome day. The day started at 8:00 AM with set-up of our stations. The stations were the Target Activity table (my station) where kids could come and color canvas messenger bags that had the Target dog driving a school bus on them...I colored mine with flames on the side of my bus...it was pretty BA. There was also face-painting, storytelling, tours of the theater and backstage areas, demonstrations of things such as movement and stage combat, and finally a place to dress up in real costumes and take a picture with your family. The day started at 9:00 in the morning and ended at 5:00 in the afternoon. What a long day! I was outside all day, but in the shade so I did not get burnt. It was so fun to see the little kids get so excited about experiencing the theater and the families that were there together. The messenger bags were a huge hit and even some of the parents wanted to color one. A couple of the Guthrie Experience Actors decided to color a bag for themselves as well. :) All in all, it was a fun day and reminded me of what the theater really means for me. I feel that theater should serve a community and a community can serve the theater as well. This was really expressed by the support of Target for the arts and the support of the Guthrie for the community. The Guthrie is really about education and entertainment. That is really inspiring. I feel even more that I am going down the career path that I love. I miss everyone! *Left ear tug!*