Bizzy

Teenage gang violence.
Tragic drug related death.
Violence in the streets.
Shady enabling behavior from the church.
Pretty much what you get from the daily paper.

All acted out in mime and dance.

Romeo and Juliet.

The Prokofiev one, not Tchaikovsky.

The one we saw last Fri eve.
It was O.K. but there was too much mime and gesture.
I actually prefer the classical style where you don't know what the heck is going on and can concentrate on the dancing.

We've got another ballet to go to soon in Bothell.
The Nutcracker.
We've seen the PNB one a few times.

Saturday I was awaken early to go to Issaquah for the Salmon Festival.
The Salmon Festival is the local celebration of the aforementioned fish returning to the headwaters.
Meredith was there to help promote a candidate for King county assessor's office
Bob Rosenberger.

She is also working for Dow Constantine, who is running for something else.

Is was fun, saw a parade for the first time in many many years.
Lot's of cute school kids playing their music and doing their acrobatics and their dancing.

Book group meeting on Sunday.
We discussed Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and related subjects.

Then, all of a sudden, it was now.