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BAP 2013: Annie-Day 5, Wednesday

Today was a great day.

We worked our butts off this morning, really perfecting the show. Then, after lunch we got to the pool here on campus and swim. I'm not that great of a swimmer, but I love it never the less! We all had a lot of fun, I can guarantee you the younger campers will be sleeping sound tonight. :)

Katy, Magen, and I have been furiously working lines and songs. We must be off book tomorrow. Eek! I'm not sure why I am so nervous; this is my fifth show with BAP. We pull this off every single time. But the perfectionist, Type-A personality in me is determined to have this show down. We are allowed to call for lines tomorrow, but on Friday we don't even have that!

We also got to add our canine actors today. Dodger, the dog playing Sandy, is ADORABLE and perfect in every way. His owner is a choir teacher, so I'm slightly surprised his name isn't Sandy. We Dottie the Basset Hound and Princess the Dachshund playing mutts in the Hooverville scene. They are the precious fur babies of Ms. Alison Bridget Chambers, our Choreographer and Camp director. Princess has been in several of our shows including, Into the Woods, Once Upon a Mattress, Footloose, Pippin, Sound of Music, and now Annie. Rest assured, she will also be in Cinderella, come July!

Another awesome thing- Today a reporter from the Liberal Leader & Times came to due a piece on the show. (Here is the link to the article that ran!)

Well, tomorrow will be a mountain of a day.

Goodnight.

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