In Melbourne, we were lucky to see Annie the Musical!
For a start, the Regent Theatre, itself, was just beautiful, extremely ornate, I'm guessing art nouveau style.
I was told to not take photos inside the theatre, but I did manage to get these shots before that, hee hee!
And the show was good family fun! EVERYBODY knows the song Tomorrow, which I LOVE,
even if Annie sings it a kajillion times!
But there are some other great songs and dance routines too, especially Hard-Knock Life, by the orphans.
The cast was fantastic, especially those little girls, who are all about 10 years old, bless 'em!
Anthony Warlow, played the main role, and I was really impressed by the actor who played Grace, his secretary. I realised later, she also played Christine in Phantom of the Opera beside Anthony Warlow,
so, of course, she was brilliant.
The sets were magnificent, being mostly the interior of a millionaire's mansion in the 1930s, so that suited me right down to the ground!
I couldn't resist buying the Programme and CD on our way out.
There's nothing like bellowing along to songs from a musical when driving in the car!
I did that with the Wicked Soundtrack for about a year!
I'm joining in with the theme of Feathers over at A Snap, A Set and A Song.
My interpretation is Blackbird, totally inspired by the song of the same name.
I found this amazing art by Anne-Julie Aubry when I googled 'blackbird' images. This picture was so gorgeous, I instantly added The Nebulous Kingdom to my favourite etsy shop list!
I adore, adore, adore this song, which I first really got to know when listening to the brilliant Beatlesque soundtrack of I am Sam. I so love Sarah McLachlan's voice!
There is also a wonderful Glee version of this song, which doesn't have a video, but I'd love you to hear the harmonies of the Warblers - stunning! In this episode, Kurt's bird Pavarotti dies, and he asks his friends if they will sing Blackbird with him. I listened to both versions of the song about twenty times while preparing this post.
As part of our recent adventures in Victoria we visited Echuca.
With both a historic street and a main street of shops, it was a great place for some pics:
We stayed overnight in this gorgeous Georgian Hotel.
The following day we went on a paddleboat steamer, called The Emmylou, up and down the river.
It was such a peaceful and relaxing trip!
Even the town's playground had a paddleboat steamer theme!
