Wednesday 13 December 2023

Happy Birthday Josephine!

We talked to the birthday girl via Facetime on Saturday.  It was her 16th birthday on the 9th, but she was working her high school's show, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Her birthday party is next weekend, when she is free. 

They were doing a matinee, and family was attending, to support her. We knew we had a big trip to the city on Monday, for the bone density scan, and thought we'd avoid any germs sitting in a large audience.

Jos has worked on her coat, and painted a snappy image on the back.


Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
. Caitlin had performed this in 1995 at the high school, 28 years ago.  I remember being in the audience, and the actors were instructed to mingle and interact with the audience. 

Caitlin roamed around, before the show was to start, asking audience members where her husband was. Her character was pregnant in the show. When she came over, we chatted, and I responded in kind. The woman beside me was a bit uncomfortable. I wonder if she thought she WAS pregnant?!. I think maybe she didn't understand that this was a way of bringing the audience in, and having the actors get into character. It was so funny. 

Josephine was working on the technical crew, doing lights. Anyway, the show went well. I don't have permission to post the other young lady's image. I blurred it. Josephine took in some photos of the performance from 1995. It was a moment when Jos told him she was Caitlin's daughter!

The drama teacher, Perry, is a great friend of the extended family all these years. He has been a fabulous mentor to my boys. When Jesse visits Ontario, he always makes time for Perry. 

Saturday, there was a cake!

Sunday, the two of them went to see Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeswhich is a prequel to The Hunger Games! They said it was good, and true to the book.

And, a haircut, new earrings!



13 comments:

Tom said...

...a Happy belated Birthday Josephine!

Barbara Rogers said...

What a beautiful young woman to have such a proud grandmom! A generational story for sure!

Anvilcloud said...

Just thinking of your mask in the previous post. I guess it was an N95. It looked formidable. For the first time in a very long time, I masked at the grocery store yesterday. I felt quite virtuous. :)

RedPat said...

The haircut I noticed right away. Oh to be 16 again! Maybe not.

Nancy J said...

Happy Birthday from NZ, love the haircut, the cake, and the show. Have a great day up North.

Elephant's Child said...

Happy belated birthday Josphine.

Cloudia said...

Happy Birthday 🎉

Red said...

Drama is a very under rated course. Kids have a tough time to work it into their program.

DrumMajor said...

Cool family history and current performance! Linda in Kansas

DeniseinVA said...

Happy Birthday Josephine, a splendid birthday post.

eileeninmd said...

Happy birthday to Josephine!
Take care, have a wonderful day!

Lowcarb team member said...

Belated happy birthday wishes to Josephine.

All the best Jan

Jeanie said...

What wonderful photos! Happy Birthday belatedly to Josephine!