Beauty and the Beast

Claire and I were lucky enough to see Beauty and the Beast at the Smith Center this weekend. On a super fun girls day out with MeMa, Leah, Jonelle and Genevieve, we were all so excited to be there that we ended up being the first ones in line for our section of the theatre. When Claire walked into the theatre hallway she said it seemed like a hotel because it was so quiet, and when she first saw the main portion of the theatre she just looked up and stared up at all the box seats and the beautiful decorations. We had seats on the front row - I was a bit worried about that, but we got booster seats for the girls and they seemed ok. Plus we could look down into the orchestra pit to see all the musicians, and see the actors' facial expressions (and spit and sweat), which I thought was very cool.

When the show finally started, Claire had her hand over her mouth in amazement for the better part of five minutes. This was her first play, and she didn't quite understand what it would be like. She kept asking me if it was like a movie, and would there be popcorn? For most of the show I was torn between wanting to watch her reactions and wanting to see the production.

We snuck a few photos inside - as you can see, we were trying to be quick with our cell phones. I know. We were not being good audience members. But I had to capture a few shots of Claire's first show in case she ever becomes a singer or actress or something and we can trace it all back to this moment of inspiration. :) She could have danced around on that stage outside all day long. I hope we just created a great memory, and maybe a new tradition. Claire is already asking me about going to see Mary Poppins at Tuachan in St. George.