A Christmas Carol, The Musical is over and I am trying to get back to normal. Between cleaning the house, decorating for a Christmas Tour to benefit a children’s home, fixing and repairing light switches, plumbing, furnace, car batteries, garage doors, and performing 16 times in two weeks, I’m still recouping!

Another Makeup Tip

I always learn something new every time I work on a play — A Christmas Carol was no different. In my May 19 blog I suggested that to look old and dying use white eyebrows as I had done when playing a pirate some years earlier. Well, I have another suggestion.

Admittedly, Mrs. Mops is old but not dying and as I have grey hair, brown eyebrow pencil really was not appropriate (do you see a trend here of me playing old women — I wonder why!). I used my eye shadow — a steel blue/gray — and it worked great! See picture.

Super Warm-ups

One of our actresses was a professional dancer and she led our warm-ups before every show. She used popular music for the movement and the entire cast had fun getting their bodies ready for the show.  So what music did she use and do I have to have a dance person leading my warm-ups?

The answer to the later is no.  All you need to do is have the cast move to the music, being sure they use their arms and legs.  So what are they moving to?  Several of the songs were Michael Jackson favorites — “Beat It” and “Billy Jean.” “Footloose” was another and she even got the Muppets involved with Kermit singing “Happy Feet.” Any music that has an easy beat will work.  Wish I had thought of it.  My warm-up primarily consisted of stretches and ten jumping jacks, which does work, but is very unimaginative.  If I only could have added them to music!

I hope you have a wonderful holiday.  More stuff is coming in the New Year.