NIGHT LIGHT on the BIG Stage!

We're OPEN!  

We have spent the last week getting the show set in the beautiful theatre at Manitoba for Young People at the Forks.  For the next two weeks we get to stay "home" and have schools and public come to us!  

We have had a number of fantastic shows this week and look forward to our public opening tonight.  Join us for the show at 7:00 pm and celebrate with the cast and crew afterwards!

If you can't make tonight's performance we have a number of shows over Spring Break!  Visit MTYP's website for more information.

Also, if you want to see what the show looks like under the lights, check out Martin Lussier's fantastic pictures of the show in the theatre!

Happy Birthday JoAnna!

Celebrating a birthday is always exciting and lucky for us, we got to celebrate with our lovely Stage Manager JoAnna when she had hers on tour!  We tried to make her day really special because she is so special to us!  We even had the student body at Weston and Emerson join us in singing Happy Birthday!
Here are a few pictures from JoAnna's big day.

Even Googe had something to say!

Cathy and Casey from MTYP joined us at Pete's Place for lunch and organized a special treat!

Presents from the cast!

The next day we had lunch at Alissa's house and introduced JoAnna's to Winnipeg's famous "Jeanne's Cakes".  

Happy 115th Birthday JoAnna!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Hallway Art Keeping Us Warm

We came across this art gem during one of our school visits...

...our thoughts exactly.

Mascots of Rural Manitoba

Last week we explored the roads of south-western Manitoba and we visited the following places:  Killarney, Boissevain, Melita, Carberry, Neepawa, Gladstone, MacGregor and Riverton.  Here are some of the mascot highlights from our trip.

Killarney School Raiders

Boissevain School

Farley is slowly learning...

R.J. Waugh Elementary School, Carberry

Hazel M. Kellington School, Neepawa

Here Heather recreates her famous "Renee Zellweger" face from the Munsch tour of 2013.

Present Day

One Year Ago

MacGregor Elementary School

Riverton Early Middle School

Play Time

One of the best parts about touring schools is playing on all the sweet gym equipment.  This may be the reason Tristan is always the first one in costume before every show:

Disclaimer:  Do not attempt these sweet, sweet moves in your school...ever.  Tristan is a trained professional.

Note: All phys ed teachers were consulted prior to use of equipment.

P.S.  Heather and Alissa have yet to climb any piece of gym equipment.

P.P.S.  JoAnna's feet have always remained safely on the ground. (at least that we have on photographic record)

Amendment:  Heather has in fact climbed one rope ladder.

Monday Mascots on Tuesday!

Sorry for the delay!  We have been busy on the road since we last posted and lots has happened!  Stay tuned for many posts to come!  We had intended on catching up on the blog this weekend as we hit the road again but we had two relaxing nights in the country without Internet instead.  

Here is the latest instalment of mascot mayhem...

West St. Paul School, Seven Oaks SD

Warren Elementary School, Warren, MB

"The Lion King" reenactment at Parc La Salle School in St. Norbert.

 École Ile des Chênes, Ile des Chênes, MB

Ile des Chênes also had these cool House Animals at the school.  Here we are with our respective families! 

Weston School Hawks, WSD

And YES!  That is Casey Shapira - Mainstage School Sales Coordinator that came out to join us for the show at Weston School! Thanks to Cathy Litman - Tour Coordinator for snapping those snazzy shots.

Emerson School, RETSD

Fun Fact:  Alissa went to Emerson School for grade 5 and 6!

Those March Winnipeg Blizzards come out of no where, and are always in time for packing the van!

Neil Campbell School, RETSD

This is what happens when you try to be a Tornado...

Before/During

Glenelm School, WSD

After

Tristan and the great mural outside Chancellor School, PTSD.

As you can imagine, it was pretty hard to keep Googe focused at Lakewood School, SJSD...

Monday Mascots...The Third Installment

Here are the mascots from our week on the road!

École Morden Middle School, Morden

École St Malo, St. Malo

École West Park School, Altona

Ross L. Gray School, Sprague

École Van Welleghem Wolverines, PTSD

Champlain School, WSD

Sadly the weather prohibited us from getting to Eriksdale to do our show on Friday.  We hope MTYP can visit Eriksdale School some day soon!