~Melodrama at Mogo......I'm Dreamin' of a Lone Christmas~

Well haven't I been having a ball lately playing a Wench at the latest Melodrama at Mogo entitled 

I'm Dreaming of a Lone Christmas

Written by Joe Quigley

Directed by Barbara Gellatly

Musical Director Jimmy Roe

Held at the The Digger's Rest Hotel at the Original Gold Rush Colony at Mogo

I just love the setting here

one of the early Settler's Huts on the site

inside the Tavern where the Melodrama is set with Big Dan being Centre Stage

The multi talented Jimmy Roe being Felix Mendelsohn

Florrie.......er, Florence and Annabelle the Bar Girl

Hamming it up with Florence

and Annabelle

Introducing Hans (Walter) our Barman

James Walker (aka Whistler) and Mary-Anne

Big Dan Murphy (Brian aka Cowboy) and Smithy (Greg)

Last Rehearsal before showtime

Annabelle, Sebastian Bumstead (aka Foxlow, Devious Devil)

Molly (Mary'Anne's Mum.....Barbara)

Mary Anne (Janet)

Smithy and Hans

Posing in front of the roaring fire yesterday just before showtime

a moment with Jimmy

Gularbone (Colin) singing Holy Night

I even made some little wristy-cuffs

and a little choker round my neck topped off with an old ear ring

Wonder if these will qualify for OPAM (One Project A Month) Lol!!!!

To read about the previous Melodrama 'The Wake of Joe Flanagan' go over here

Next Matinee Show plus lunch Saturday 19th July 2014 at 

Tickets available at 4474 2123

~Melodrama at Mogo~

I'm currently in a Melodrama ... a Melodrama exaggerates the plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions......typically there is a Hero......Heroine.....and a Villain

This is currently playing at The Gold Rush Colony at Mogo to a sell out house

It's title is 'The Wake of Joseph Flanagan' and done in good ol' Irish style

along with lots of Singalongs!!!

Written by Jopeph Quigley and directed by Barb Gellatly

And I am having soooooo much fun as a Waitress......Singalongs with the Audience  Mourners and a little fun duet with Maddie and I singing 'Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow'

Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow" is a song written in 1892 by prolific English songwriter 

Joseph Tabrar.  It was written for, and first performed in 1892 by, Vesta Victoria at the South London Palace, holding a kitten.

 In 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec painted May Belfort singing it. 

Some of the costumes of the Bushrangers above

Barb brought in some pics of dress at the time

The setting.......Diggers Rest Tavern at the Gold Rush Colony

Chris aka Bushranger singing "The Gypsy Rover'

Florence aka Flo played by Robbie

Me and Maddie rehearsing Bow Wow

We actually pretend to hold a kitten and pat it whilst singing

We play nervous, twitty, shy girls running up to the stage and only do the first verse speaking style and then lead the Audience Mourners into the main chorus

F U N   F U N   F U N

'The stage area known as 'The Snug'

And I couldn't resist a pic by the fire

Dressed all ready to serve......in green of course!!!

Colin aka Gular......

All the towns mentioned in the Melodrama are real places on the South Coast

Final scene of main cast at the end of the Melodrama

Jeremy aka Captain Foxlow (Villain.....hissssss)

and Steph aka Mrs Malone

Greg aka Smithy (hero!!!)

Brian (Cowboy) aka Dan Murphy......me and fellow Waitress Monica

All set in the Theme Park of The Gold Rush Colony which has buildings portraying life in Australia in the Gold Rush Days

Even the Chinese were involved

A Church also

And The Tavern just before the first show

I'm having an absolute ball doing this and 3 years ago would never dreamt of having so much fun doing something I had not done before!!!

Sailability...and introducing * M I M I *

The day started out taking JoJo to Sailability on the Clyde River

Sailboats all lined up

taking off

all finished now!!!

Having fish'n chips for lunch at Innes Boat Shed

Then to avoid a CD shop on the way back to the car as we had already bought a CD that morning I thought we would walk around the block another way and totally forgot that the pet shop had moved there!!!

     And what did we see there......

this gorgeous little labrador pup!!!

JoJo fell in love with her straight away......

We used to have a labrador a few years ago now that JoJo was really close to......

her name was Annie and JoJo has never forgotten her!!!

JoJo could never say 'Annie'......she would say 'Mimi' and this is what she called this little one

2 days later I took Mr Armchair in to have a look at the little pup and within minutes he said 'okay we'll get her'......here she is being strapped up for the car trip home

Looking very cute.......and she was perfect on the way home in the car

Out the back......

A few days later it was off the vet as she had her injections due......

Getting weighed in

Up on the table

And the view across the road from the vet's!!!

Can you believe the next day JoJo actually said 'Annie'.......but we went with 'Mimi'

Mimi is turning out......so far......to be an exceptional little friend for JoJo just like Annie was!!!

We think JoJo and Mimi are going to be great mates!!!

I've been a little quiet in Blogland due to Mimi......and am at the moment getting involved in a Melodrama at Mogo Gold Rush Colony....I'll be back with more on that!!!