What a great weekend!
Alison and I started by going to St. Simons Thursday night and staying through Saturday morning. It was a celebration of our 20-year anniversary, coming up this Wednesday. We saw the movie Dr. Strange (at the same time Benjamin was seeing it with his Miracle friends in Warner Robins), and I found it to be uncannily accurate to the comic book, led by the person born to play Dr. Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch. We also ate at Trimici's, where Alison had Baked Chicken Ziti, a dish she called one of the best meals she's ever had.
On Saturday we left to go to Warner Robins to surprise Benjamin at the One Act Competition. Pierce County performed The Miracle Worker to perfection - seriously, it was flawless and I don't think it could have been better. Carson Bennett played Helen Keller, and made All star cast, and everyone else in the cast was hitting it on all cylinders as well.
Of the eight teams there, they finished third. This was a phenomenal showing, but a little disappointing to some of the One Act veterans, as they finished in Second Place last year and were hoping to move up. Nevertheless, it was a great follow up to last year's I Never Promised You a Butterfly, and everyone involved should be very proud. You cannot always account for the vagaries of judging.
Benjamin thought that the second place winner, Of Mice and Men was outstanding, and thought they would be The Miracle Worker's greatest competition. Alison and I unfortunately arrived too late to see it. I love Steinbeck, and had performed skits from the play in high school, and would have loved to have seen it. It was Benjamin's first introduction to the story, so if it was well done, I could imagine it had a profound effect on him.
I did see the winner Tuesday's With Morrie. I wasn't expecting it to win because I couldn't hear what they were saying. Apparently the judges could, as it won first place.
Then on Sunday were the OHC Writer's Contest Award presentation. I will be introducing many of the winners here on The Strait Line over the next couple of weeks. Suffice to say it was a wonderful experience, and we got to award veterans and newcomers alike. Pictured above is the Judge's Prize winner for Student Story, Benjamin Strait.
I will have much more on the contest in future posts. It was a great event, thanks in large part to the coordinating efforts of the OHC's dynamic new Executive Director, Elizabeth Welch.
Politically, the weekend was scary, and I was glad to have other activities to occupy my time. There is so much at stake, it's hard to stare it in the face. I was heartened to see the new letter from the FBI Director Comey that cleared Clinton and said she wasn't going to be indicted, that the e-mails were virtually all duplicates of what had been seen already. And it seems that many of the polls are now stabilizing in Clinton's favor.
Until next time,
T. M .Strait
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