Anne of Green Gables production shots

Here are some production photos of Anne of Green Gables, the Musical. Photos by Ted Mehl of A Better Image Photography.

Anne of Green Gables, the Musical
October 5-7, 2018
Produced by Elevate Productions
Directed by Bethanny Jorenby
Jamie: Matthew Cuthbert
Matt: Cecil, the Farmer
Serafina: Mattie Andrews,
                understudy Diana Barry
Matteo: Schoolboy, youth dancer
AJ: Schoolboy, youth dancer
Lynn and Tracy: Set Design

1980s Way Back Day

It was way back dress-up day at DCC. 1980s doesn't seem all that far back to me, but what-ev. Tracy says, "Thank you Target clearance section for our neon color attire." Oh, and did we mention Jonny just got glasses... Harder to tell apart, huh?! (Jonny's on the right in both photos.)

Some Tech Week Photos

Here are some photos of our Anne of Green Gables, the Musical show early-on in tech week. We open this Friday! Tickets. Photos are by Ted Mehl of A Better Image Photography.

October 5-7, 2018
Produced by Elevate Productions

The entire cast and crew. Matt is back row third from right.

AJ and Matteo are in the front row.
Fina is third from right second row, behind Matteo.

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert

USAFA Falcon Football

The entire clan attended a US Air Force Academy Falcon football game today. Quite a blast. We still have a little figuring out to do to get handicap parking where we don't have to do two flights of stairs to get to our seats, but Tracy says she's already got it scoped for next time. Unfortunately, Falcons lost 28-25, but they made it a game right up to the end. And there will be a next time! You'll note below (and in all the pics) that much of the action was not the game on the field (and I don't mean the littles changing seats every two seconds) - all kinds of other events and activities were going on during and in between. All the photos are here.

During the national anthem.

Parachuters scored a field goal!

The crew was mostly to keep the flag off the ground.

A pair of A-10 "Warthogs" flew over.

The were spinning them like helicopter blades!

A little falconry during halftime.

Touchdown Falcons!

This guy was monitoring the TV broadcast for "media timeouts."

They sang their alma mater at the end of the game - everyone did.

Tracy: 3 weeks post op. We are getting back into normal life. Jonathan has gone back to school half days. All the symptoms we had been dealing with are virtually gone. He is anxious about what we will do if his pain comes back but hopefully with time that too will disappear! #chiariwarrior #chiarimalformation

Brush fire at the USAF Academy

Tracy saw and heard a lightning strike just west of us at about 1pm (our time). The next time she looked that way about 2:45pm this is what she saw. That's the Academy Chapel at upper left. Looks like a grass fire just on the other side of I-25 from us on Air Force Academy grounds. Amazingly, rain moved in, but only for a little while. It's still going... Update: the fire was mostly extinguished by dinner time.

USAF Academy

Bob and Jamie visited the U.S. Air Force Academy here in Colorado Springs today. The chapel is the most well-known feature of the campus which draws over one million visitors per year (making it the number one tourist attraction in Colorado). Better get up there soon if you want to see it sooner than later. On January 1st the chapel will close for a multi-year renovation, stripping it to its underlying steel frame and then putting it all back so it doesn't leak. The look won't change, and much of the stained glass will be re-used. The visitor center and chapel are open every day (see website for times). And the public is also welcome to attend services. I plan on attending a traditional protestant service (currently Sundays at 9:30am) before the end of the year, mainly to hear the 83-rank pipe organ. All of today's photos are here.