I feel sad that we haven't been able to chronicle the steps we have gone through with this production as was theoriginal intent with this blog. Frankly this whole thing is a whirlwind really and sometimes I feel like I'm holding on with my nails.
A band teacher of mine used to have a visual analogy he would throw out whenever the tempo would get ahead of us. He would say the tempo was controlling us and we were being dragged behind as if your finger was stuck in a bowling ball. Then he would pantomime someone trying to bowl and being dragged along behind by the ball.
hmmm. that was a long drawn out description of something that might not really make sense to anyone who didn't know Sal Smith, may he rest in peace. Loved that guy.
back to the bowling ball. sometimes the momentum of this play is like being dragged along behind the bowling ball. For newbies doing this in NYC however, I think we're kicking along pretty well. I never realized how far common sense and good friends could take a person.
speaking of friends, I need to send out a special word of thinks to our friend Jaye Maynard who has been working with us and guiding us from the beginning. Without her, we would have never got going. Well. We probably would but it would have been a hell of a lot slower with way more fits and starts. Without her there wouldn't be any bowling balls.
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