A Pirate's Life for Me

First I have to say, I'm sorry for being a bad blog update-er.  I'm promising that I will put up a new post once a week on Sunday (since it is my day off) and will make sure there are lots of interesting things to update about! 

This past week in rehearsals we really kicked into high gear and started learning multiple shows at one time.  Everyone is always working on something different and I can't wait until we all get to come together and polish our performances.  We've still got about a month and a half up here in Toronto and the production team is getting ready to send the cast of the Dream ship off to sea next week so most of the focus is on getting them all prepped.

Possibly the coolest thing all week- I got to meet our puppet trainer and she is AWESOME!  She told us that when she set out in the career world her dream was to be on SNL, but once she found puppeteering she fell in love and has been doing it ever since.  Turns out she's friends with Heather Henson so I had to tell her about the Henson legacy at UMD.  She also knows who Basil Twist is- turns out the puppet world is its own little community where everyone knows everyone else. 

In our time off we've been all around town taking advantage of everything this city has going on.  Last week a couple of us went to a Blue Jays vs. Phillies game- the stadium is a 15 minute walk from our apartment building which is great.  We all got a little distracted when they started to move the dome covering off the top of the stadium, which took 20 minutes and was super impressive.  Kind of hard to describe so trust me it was cooler than it sounds!

Last night we celebrated our favorite pirate Mr. Smee by going on a pub crawl!  Yes the Mr. Smee from Peter Pan.  So 20 of us dressed in stripes and red hats went around Toronto taking over bars and singing Irish songs.  We ended up at a tiny Irish pub that was virtually empty, until we came in and started dancing and singing up a storm!  Turns out the bar was used for some of the filming for Boondock Saints!  It was great and we were all sorry to go, but we had 3 more stops to go.  The night was a success and it felt great to finally go out and experience the nightlife!

For those of you who didn't see it before, and since getting mail is the most exciting part of the day (seriously, it is) here is my address:

Disney Cruise Line
Canadian Broadcasting Centre
c/o Juliette Ebert
P.O. Box 500, Station A
Suite S4E100
Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6
CANADA

And if you send me something, and include your address I promise to send you something cool back!

Til next week!
<3 Juliette