Dancing through Life!

Funny coincidence about this particular post. It's my 220th! Funny since my birthdate is 2/20. Very strange happening.

Okay, so, for my birthday list. Apparently I always post it 3 days before my birthday, so I'm just following tradition. So here it is--28 accomplishments in (almost) 28 years:

1) Learning to read (age 4 or 5)
2) Learning to ride a bike (age 9--seriously!)
3) Performing in my first play--Church Nativity Play (age 4)
4) Performing in my first ballet--Cinderella--Garland Girl (age 8)
5) Performing in my first musical--You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown--Patty (age 13)
6) First award that meant something real to me--A Humanitarian Award from 8th grade graduation (age 14)
7) First read a chapter book (age 6 or 7)
8) Learned to swim (age 6)
9) First team sport joined and played--Basketball (age 8)
10) First G.A.T.E. class--Sign Language (age 6)
11) First time on television--Journalism trip to the local News Station in Fresno (age 13)
12) Graduated from high school (age 18)
13) Graduated from college (age 22)
14) First traveled out of the country--France, Germany, and Italy on a Choir Tour (age 21)
15) First Shakespearean Play read and performed in--A Midsummer Night Dream--Titania (age 13)
16) First college show--Fiddler on the Roof--Chorus (age 18-19)
17) First state Forensics Meet--Columbine High School, Columbine, CO (age 16)
18) First solo song in a show--Church Play (age 9)
19) First tap show (age 26)
20) First graduate class (age 27)
21) First baby-sitting job (age 11)
22) Becoming an aunt (age 19)
23) Becoming a big sister (age 2)
24) Becoming a licensed driver (age 16)
25) First travel to New York City (age 17)
26) First "independent" trip--London (age 22)
27) First teaching job (age 23)
28) First true "home" after I moved away from my parents (age 23)

The title of the post comes from a song with the same title from Wicked.

Snow, snow, snow, snow, SNOW!!!

Irving Berlin and I are putting our heads together, and still no go. We had snow--lots of it--every night for about 2 1/2 weeks. Serious I-can't-see-more-than-a-foot-in-front-of-me snow. It reminded me of going "light speed" on Star Tours. Church was cancelled, but school? Not even a 30 minute delay. I have been jealous of my Oregon, Idaho, etc. friends who have had the luxury of sleeping in and such. Must be nice.

Or it would be nice to live in S. Carolina like Kristen. 73 degrees. Remind me why I live in NV. It's cold, dry, tacky. Well, I do like Tahoe's proximity. I like being close to family. I like the "small town" feel of the area. Okay, so there are good points.

Forbidden Broadway was a lot of fun. The lady who did the Carol Channing impression said, "You laugh really loud sweetie!" to me. It was fantastic. Our entire two rows cracked up at that. Particularly since I'd told them all at dinner about my dad advising me to not laugh so loudly that other people had a hard time hearing the show. Hysterical!

It looks like I will be working with Nevada Shakespeare Company again this summer, with the Young Shakespeare program they do in conjunction with LTSF. Michelle Calhoun-Fitts is directing it and the show is . . . A Midsummer Night's Dream. FUN!!

So the title of the song is the same as this post. The song is used in wonderful White Christmas.