Hello all, we're in Norfolk, VA now and I had to share cuz we just took a 2 hour walk on the beach, it was so nice (although pretty freezing by the end).  Today we played the historic Richmond Landmark Theatre (see pictures below).  It was a gorgeous theatre and the Mamma Mia national tour was actually loading in right after our show was done.  That was all... just wanted to share my beach walk.  Ta!

So we have finished our first week of performances and had a very relaxing weekend in Richmond.  The week went really well, and I think I'm getting more and more used to performing every day.  Surprisingly my voice is standing up quite well considering I'm singing high soprano harmonies at 10am.  Road life is definitely interesting. 

Today Sonya and I wanted to go see Richmond, since we were here and we haven't really been able to sight see at all so far.  I can tell you that there isn't much to do in Richmond.  Everything seemed quite deserted... But we did end up walking across the James River on a really unusual footbridge (see attached picture) to an island that used to be a campground, steel mill, and prison over the years...  It was very beautiful to walk across the river and also nice to be able to do some walking since we've been cooped up in a van or a hotel for 2 weeks.

Anyway, its getting late (been going to bed very early with the early shows) and we go right back into performances tomorrow.  Goodnight!

Well... I'm done with two days of rehearsal and we've blocked half the show.  Its going really well and I think that the cast is going to get along well.  Today I was appointed the dance captain so it will be my job to make sure that the choreography stays the same throughout the run of the show.

Rehearsals have really been exhausting so sleep has been no problem.  I guess my sleep schedule is going to be really different after 5 months of going to bed at 10 and waking up at 6...

I guess that's all for now...

Hello all!  This will hopefully be where I blog during my national tour with Ellis Island.  We'll see how I like this format.  You'll hear from me in a week!