Zanni as Annie

Today we attended a high school production of Annie.  Granddaughter Zanni played the lead role and did  a superb job.  She has a lovely, strong, versatile singing voice.  Pretty much all of the family was there.   Even V&M came up from Long Island.

We had lunch together in Ithaca before the play, and then all convened at the school to get good seats.   Once again, I had the very best seats in the house, perfect shot for photographs, and again, they announced no flash photography.   It was so disappointing.  At the intermission,  Gerry worked at figuring out how to turn off the flash on my digital camera, which we had not done before.  In the second half, I was able to take non-flash pictures, though the vast majority of them were much too fuzzy, and had to be deleted.   I did get a few.

Anyway,  it was a thrill to be there as a large supportive family.  Zandrea did such a good job and everyone was so proud of here.  It was a three hour production, however, and I can only imagine that she is exhausted, after also performing that same three hour production last night!

One thing that amazed me is how they changed the scene from the orphanage to the mansion.   There were two completely different sets, switched in a matter of minutes, from a scummy run-down orphanage, to the residence of a billionnaire.   Most impressive, though I still cannot figure out how they did that!

Zanni looked beautiful with her red hair (natural) and curls.

What a musical weekend it has been!