I have decided that snow is much prettier to look at in pictures. Dasha is having enough trouble with pooping outdoors as it is. A foot of snow does not help. Last night was the Company Dinner for the cast and crew of "Fetch Clay, Make Man," a new play in production at McCarter. The fictional story of an actual meeting between Stepin Fetchit (go google him if you don't know who he was) and Muhammed Ali. Fantastic production. Potluck dinner, with many volunteers. And as bad as the weather and roads were, only one person backed out. Ben Vereen is the star of the show (he plays Stepin Fetchit) and he was incredibly gracious and nice. Now - back to the Dasha training. Since we have so much snow on the lawn, I am walking her on the road. She has decided that when a car comes down the street she should run at it. Nearly got herself hit this morning.
This week upcoming is "Mini-Week" at Princeton Day School. I am on the "New York, New York" mini-week. Tomorrow I teach three classes about the Apollo Theater in Harlem, which will include auditions so that the kids can get up on stage when we go to the Apollo on Thursday and perform. We also get to see "West Side Story" on Wednesday (which of course is the next big storm day), Dance Theatre of Harlem, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Irish Hunger Memorial, El Museo de Barrio... the focus of the mini-week course is the history of immigration. Tuesday is a ride on the Staten Island Ferry in the morning. Yay! 40 students on the freezing cold water.
Have a great week everybody!
Janet
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